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The 92-year-old human rights’ veteran died on Wednesday. George Bizos. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN JOHANNESBURG – George bizos’ son, Damon, said that while his family was grieving, they’d always treasure the memories they had of his father as they celebrate his extraordinary legacy. The 92-year-old human rights veteran died on Wednesday. The family said that he […]

City Power carried out an operation in Alexandra on Wednesday where illegal connections at the River Park flats, Greenville, and several homes along London Road were disconnected. FILE: City Power officials on 3 June 2020 disconnected illegal electricity connections at Phumula Mqashi informal settlement in Vlakfontein. The officials were joined by JMPD and SAPS officers. […]

On Wednesday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa told members of the SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) in a virtual conversation that the coronavirus command council had been in consultations with social partners about the next move. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – South Africans can expect an address from the president next week following […]

The NGO said that since January it had been inundated with calls, messages, and online communication from desperate people seeking help and advice. JOHANNESBURG – With Thursday marking World Suicide Prevention Day, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) said that the volume of calls to its helpline had doubled amid the coronavirus pandemic […]

Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul said that the daily number of new cases was still on an upward trajectory. Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul. Picture: @zsaul1/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The Northern Cape’s COVID-19 infection rate is still rising. Premier Zamani Saul said that the daily number of new cases was still on an upward trajectory. […]

Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out ‘load reduction’ in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State. JOHANNESBURG – Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out “load reduction” in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said that South Africa was poorer without Bizos. FILE: Veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos passed away on 9 September, aged 92. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Family, close friends and associates of the late George Bizos continued to honour him with fond memories after the veteran human rights lawyer died […]

A barely audible recording played before the state capture commission has reminded former board chair Zola Tsotsi that one of the board members said: ‘We must protect our leaders’. A screengrab shows former Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi at the state capture inquiry on 9 September 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – The state capture commission […]

Clicks has come under fire for a hair product ad, which labelled black hair as ‘dry, frizzy and damaged’, and drew widespread outrage from South Africans. EFF members protest outside a Clicks store at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg on 7 September 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) […]

The three men in their twenties were shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon. CAPE TOWN – Anti-gang unit members are searching for a gunman responsible for a triple murder at a Lotus River food outlet. The three men in their twenties were shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon. A preliminary report suggests that two of […]