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The president has suspended the minister’s salary for three months instead allocating the money to the solidarity fund to support the country’s response to the pandemic. Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – There are increasing calls for Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to be sacked, with political parties and civil organisations accusing President […]

Kubayi-Ngubane thanked South Africans who visited various attractions across the country which she says has given the industry a much-needed boost. FILE: Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said amid the economic impact suffered by the sector during the hard lockdown, measures will be taken to prioritise and restructure […]

Police said the brothers were drinking with two friends in the Jojweni locality when an argument ensued. CAPE TOWN – Eastern Cape police have not yet tracked down a man who is accused of having stabbed his brother to death. He’s believed to have attacked his older brother with a knife in Centane on Saturday […]

The Council of Geoscience urged the public not to panic as the are no imminent threats to public safety. CAPE TOWN – The Environmental Affairs Department in the Western Cape said the recent seismic activity in Cape Town is no cause for panic. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck about 1600 kilometers last night off the […]

Officers described Saturday night’s attack in Kwandengezi as an execution-style massacre. FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating five counts of murder and attempted murder after five people were shot dead in Pinetown. Officers described Saturday night’s attack in Kwandengezi as an execution-style massacre. The group […]

Lesufi said the paper has already been set and it should remain the same. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said this year’s matric exam should not be changed due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Grade 12 pupils are expected to sit down […]

President Ramaphosa issued the formal rebuke to the minister after it emerged Mapisa-Nqakula allowed a senior ANC delegation to catch a lift on a South African National Defence force jet to the neighbouring country earlier this month. FILE: Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at a media briefing on 16 March 2020 on […]

Bredell Esau and Johan Adams appeared in the Grabouw Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – Two men charged for contravening the Marine Living Resources Act will be back in court in December. Bredell Esau and Johan Adams appeared in the Grabouw Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The men were taken into custody more […]

Preliminary reports revealed that two unknown men forcefully entered a home in Makhosi Street. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – Two Cape Town communities are in shock after families came under attack by unknown gunmen in separate shootings this week. In one incident in Khayelitsha on Tuesday, a man and woman were killed when […]

Scores of people living in Cape Town took to social media to report tremors in their homes. JOHANNESBURG – A second tremor has hit parts of Cape Town on Sunday morning following Saturday’s occurrence. Experts said Saturday’s 6.2 magnitude tremor that hit the southern coast of South Africa on Saturday evening had as much estimated […]