Family of slain doctor Abdulhay Munshi say his killing a cruel, vindictive act

Family, friends and the healthcare fraternity gathered outside Munshi’s home in Houghton on Thursday to pay their final respects to the doctor following his murder this week. Healthcare workers gathered outside the home of Dr Abdulhay Munshi in Houghton to express their condolences to the family of the slain doctor and stand in solidarity with […]

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DA’s Steenhuisen hits back at Ntuli criticism of party, Maimane’s ‘Judas’ jibe

In a wide-ranging interview with EWN, DA interim leader John Steenhuisen lambasted Mbali Ntuli for criticising the party in the media. FILE: Interim DA leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter DURBAN – Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen said that criticism of the party’s federal legal commission by former youth leader Mbali Ntuli was not […]

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Vanderbijlpark kidnapper Tharina human wants to meet with victim’s parents

Tharina Human is starting her effective 10-year sentence after she formally confessed to kidnapping the child last year and threatening to extort R2 million from her parents. FILE: Tharina Human has pleaded guilty to being the mastermind behind the kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl from her Vanderbijlpark school. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The lawyer representing […]

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Gender violence researcher raises questions around Ramaphosa’s GBV plan

Gender violence researcher at the University of Johannesburg, Lisa Vetten, said that the plan was just the latest in a succession of plans. President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – A well known gender-based violence specialist has poked holes in the president’s hot spot approach to the problem. On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced […]

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SAA administrators call creditors’ meeting after govt misses funding deadline

The administrators took control of state-owned SAA in December after almost a decade of financial losses and published a rescue plan in June following repeated delays and wrangling over its future. FILE: South African Airways planes. Picture: Facebook.com JOHANNESBURG – Administrators at struggling South African Airways (SAA) have called creditors to a meeting for Friday […]

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Scrapping of grade 10, 11 final exams must apply to all grades, say unions

The Department of Basic Education announced that it was replacing the exams for grades 10 and 11 with controlled tests due to the trimmed curriculum. JOHANNESBURG – As final school year exams draw closer, teachers’ unions on Thursday said that the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) decision to scrap exams for grade 10 and 11 […]

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Alchol sector welcomes level 1 move, worried about off-consumption restrictions

CEO of the South African Liquor Brandowners Association, Kurt Moore, said that the extension of trading days was a step in the right direction but not far enough for the sector that was struggling to recover from the two waves of bans on sales during the lockdown. FILE: SAB beer crates are being gathered as […]

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Former ANC councillor Andile Lungisa spends first night in jail

Lungisa was convicted of the assault of a fellow councillor in 2016. He handed himself over to authorities on Thursday and was greeted by a crowd of supporters outside the North End Prison in Port Elizabeth. FILE: Andile Lungisa. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – Former African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela Bay councillor, Andile Lungisa, […]

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Norma Mngoma’s lawyers accuse Hawks of gross invasion of her privacy

Mngoma, who is the estranged wife of former Cabinet minister Malusi Gigaba, approached the courts to challenge the validity of her arrest. FILE: Norma Mngoma appears before the Pretoria Magistrates Court on 14 September 2020 after she was arrested in July on charges of malicious damage to property and crimen injuria. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN. JOHANNESBURG […]

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Some child rights groups unhappy with sentences for Vanderbijlpark kidnappers

All four kidnappers pleaded guilty in the Palm Ridge High Court on Thursday with the mastermind Tharina Human slapped with a 10-year prison term. FILE: (From left to right) Tharina Human, Laetitia Nel and Pieter van Zyl appear in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court on 19 September 2019 for the kidnapping of of a six-year-old girl […]

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