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It’s believed that Munshi was shot six times in Johannesburg on Wednesday after he stopped to check his car which had been rammed at the back. JOHANNESBURG – The South African Medical Association (Sama) has reacted to the murder of specialist anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi, describing the crime as outrageous and deplorable. It’s believed that […]

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that now more than ever, people should take seriously the strongest defences available against COVID-19 – the wearing of masks, sanitising and washing hands and maintaining social distancing. FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed the move to […]

GALLERY: Family, friends, dignitaries bid farewell to George Bizos Eyewitness News | World-renowned human rights activist George Bizos died last week at the age of 92. His funeral service was held at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg and his burial at the Westpark Cemetery in Randburg.

Picture: SAPS Facebook page. JOHANNESBURG – Two police officers on Thursday were shot and wounded during a confrontation with criminals in Centurion, Pretoria. The shoot-out took place on Jacaranda Street just after 9am in the morning. Paramedics said that one officer was shot in the face, while the other took a bullet to the leg. […]

The group said xenophobia remained widespread in South Africa despite a government action plan rolled out in May 2019 to combat ‘intolerance’. FILE: Foreign nationals in their makeshift shelters outside the Central Methodist Mission Church in Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Foreign nationals in South Africa suffer “routine” harassment, violence […]

As the mastermind of the abduction, Human said that her plan was to extort R2 million from the parents to ease her financial burden. 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 […]

Tharina Human has confessed to kidnapping the six-year-old girl in September last year as well as threatening her father. FILE: Tharina Human, one of four people accused of kidnapping a six-year-old girl outside her school in Vanderbijlpark, appears in court on 11 October 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The mastermind behind the kidnapping of a […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said that venue holders were now permitted to allow people to occupy up to 50% of each venue’s space capacity. DURBAN – The events industry on Thursday welcomed South Africa’s move to alert level 1 lockdown. While many industries were hit hard when the country was placed under lockdown earlier […]

Lobby group AfriForum wants a declaratory order that the adoption of the Constitutional Review Committee’s report on land expropriation without compensation is unlawful and should be set aside. FILE: The constitutional review committee on 15 November 2018 adopted its final report that recommends the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for expropriation […]

Theft suspects in George lead police to woman’s body Police in the Western Cape say they are investigating a murder case after they were led to the lifeless body of a woman along the railway line in the area. FILE: Officers on patrol arrested two suspects for the possible possession of stolen property, and while […]