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State capture commission hearing testimony from former Transnet head of legal The commission says Advocate Siyabulela Mapoma was involved in processes that included disciplinary hearings and the controversial reinstatement of former CEO Siyabonga Gama. Advocate Siyabulela Xhanti Mapoma during the interviews for the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) at the Union Buildings on 14 […]

State prosecutors told the court on Wednesday they had experienced difficulties with accessing their offices due to COVID-19, and they had not shared critical documents with Smith’s lawyers. Former ANC MP Vincent Smith during a media briefing in Kempton Park, Johannesburg 24 June 2018. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Wednesday […]

The department said pupils showing COVID-19 symptoms like a persistent fever would not be allowed to write the final paper this year. Matric pupils writing exams. Image: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – With just three weeks to go before some matrics will sit for the first final exam papers, preparations were underway to make more space available […]

That means the municipality could be in violation of the Municipal Systems Act, which states that excess staff should not surpass 21. FILE: Samwu-affiliated workers gather outside the Ugu District Municipality offices demanding that the mayor addresses them on 30 January 2020. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN DURBAN – A report commissioned by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of […]

The current state of disaster ends on Thursday and it was not yet clear if it would be extended. DURBAN – Some homeless people in eThekwini on Tuesday told Eyewitness News that they fear that the easing of lockdown regulations would result in disinvestment by the eThekwini Municipality and NGOs from shelters set up in […]

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is leading the probe and it came as government appeared to be upping the ante in its war on corruption. Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Picture: @OscarMabuyane/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has received an updated report on the probe into corruption allegations involving provincial government employees, […]

Zane Killian briefly appeared at the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court on Wednesday. The lawyers representing the accused in the Charl Kinnear murder case arrive at the Bishop Lavis court on Friday, 25 September 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN CAPE TOWN – The sole suspect arrested for the murder of a Cape Town detective will have his […]

The ANC secretary-general met with disgruntled members of the veterans association on Tuesday. FILE: ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule at the IEC Results Operations Centre on 10 May 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule is on Wednesday expected to meetwith the provincial executive of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans […]

The SIU has referred more than 5,500 officials to Eskom to face disciplinary proceedings for, among other things, failing to declare their financial interests, including a number of employees red-flagged after lifestyle audits. FILE: Eskom’s headquarters at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN CAPE TOWN – The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has more than […]

The department has briefed Parliament on the performance of SOEs like Transnet, Denel, South African Airways (SAA) and Eskom. FILE: A Denel stand at an arms convention. Picture: @denelsoc/Facebook CAPE TOWN – The Public Enterprises Department said that things were looking dire at some of the country’s strategic state-owned entities (SOEs), with some facing an […]