Category: SA News

Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille’s directive to have the Beitbridge border fence erected has again come under sharp focus from ANC and DA members. FILE: Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille. Picture: @DepartmentPWI/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille has again found herself in the crosshairs of Parliament’s finance watchdog Scopa, […]

The Communications Minister addressed the media on what her department said were material developments in her portfolio on Tuesday. FILE: Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said her department wanted South Africans to not only innovate but also manufacture the technology they designed. Abrahams has been addressing the […]

COVID-19 update: 40 more deaths, 682,215 confirmed cases & recovery rate at 90% As of Monday, the Department of Health recorded 926 new infections pushing the number of known cases in the country to 682,215. FILE: Teams of field workers in Ekurhuleni District, Glen Marikana Informal settlement to form part of the screening and testing […]

It is alleged Killian tracked the anti-gang unit detective’s cellphone up until Kinnear was shot dead outside his Bishop Lavis home more than two weeks ago. FILE: The lawyers representing the accused in the Charl Kinnear murder case arrive at the Bishop Lavis court on Friday, 25 September 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN CAPE TOWN – […]

The president made the comments on Monday evening as he closed the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) Lekgotla, which took place over the weekend. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa attends a special NEC meeting in Cape Town on 21 May 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa said the work currently […]

Nicholas Linnell has today given evidence at the state capture inquiry about his involvement as a consultant in a number of state entities, including SAA and Eskom. Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni testifying in her delinquency case at the High Court in Pretoria on 20 February 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN CAPE TOWN – A […]

The federation will join forces with Cosatu in strike action against corruption, the state of the economy, joblessness and gender-based violence and femicide, among other issues. FILE: Saftu members march to Parliament in Cape Town in 2018. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has announced its rolling mass-action plans throughout […]

Eyewitness News has seen a report from the provincial government showing its intention to invoke Section 139. FILE: The Mahikeng local municipal council. Picture: @MahikengLM/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Twelve North West municipalities are under threat of being placed under administration. Eyewitness News has seen a report from the provincial government showing its intention to invoke Section […]

Last week, 10 people were attacked in Khayelitsha. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – No arrests have been made in two deadly shootings in communities Cape Town. Last week, 10 people were attacked in Khayelitsha. Six people were killed and four were wounded when gunmen opened fire on people in a house in Site […]

Consultant Nicholas Linnell has told the Zondo Commission how former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni facilitated discussions around affairs at the power utility. Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 17 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN CAPE TOWN – The state capture inquiry has heard how former President Jacob Zuma […]