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Over four years ago three mineworkers – Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi, and Solomon Nyirenda – were trapped underground after a tremor. Herman Mashaba. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Newly launched political party Action SA’s president Herman Mashaba on Wednesday said they were in the process of implementing a legal strategy that would force the government […]

Under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, small groups of people marched from Church Square to the Nigerian Embassy, saying government failed to put South Africans first. Civil society organisation leaders speak to Nigerian Ambassador Kabiru Bala and hand a memorandum over to him on 23 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN PRETORIA – Groups of protesters have […]

Authorities managed to recoup some of the money that had been stolen, along with four firearms and three suspected stolen vehicles. A police tipoff led to the arrest of two suspects following a foiled cash in transit heist on Wednesday, 23 September 2020. Five other suspects were killed in a shootout with the police at […]

The city said the regulator issued the Tariff Methodology to be used to determine the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) revenue in March. Port Control harbour in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has written to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and the Ports Regulator of South Africa to […]

The lawyer for one of the accused argued that the dysfunctional justice system was to blame for the death of the 16-year-old boy. (From left to right) Simon Scorpion Nyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Voster Netshiongolo, the police officers accused of murdering Nathaniel Julies (16), appear in the Proteas Magistrates Court on 22 September 2020. Picture: […]

Residents burned tyres, threw stones, and moved a vehicle and a fishing vessel into the road to block motorists. FILE: Rocks blockade a road during a protest. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Violent protests erupted in Hangberg in Hout Bay on Wednesday following an anti-land invasion operation by the City of Cape Town (CoCT) officials. […]

Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi, and Solomon Nyirenda were trapped underground following a tremor that collapsed part of the mine in Mpumalanga in February 2016. FILE: Lily Mine. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The families of the three trapped workers at the Lily Mine threw their weight behind Action SA’s plans to take the government to court […]

According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there were approximately 72 million people who were hard of hearing worldwide, with more than 80% of them living in developing countries. Sign language. Picture: Tshepiso Mokoena Foundation. CAPE TOWN – Wednesday 23 September 2020, was marked as International Day of Sign Languages. The United Nations recognises […]

Sandile Ngcobo was suspended earlier this year after fresh charges emerged in the Ethekwini waste collection scandal. FILE: Former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede and and some of her co-accused appear in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on 10 September 2020 on charges relating to corruption. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN DURBAN – A senior eThekwini municipal official […]