Category: SA News

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz was one of the speakers at Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear’s memorial service in Belhar on Wednesday. A wreath-laying ceremony took place ahead of the memorial service for Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear in Belhar on 30 September 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz […]

COVID-19: List of countries flagged as high-risk as SA reopens its borders Abigail Javier | Government on Wednesday revealed a long list of countries deemed to be high risk in terms of COVID-19 and said leisure travellers from these lands would not be allowed into South Africa. The list will be reviewed every two weeks. More in […]

Unicef South Africa’s Sudeshan Reddy on Wednesday said while the country had one of the best legislation and protection of children in the media in the world, he called for children to be treated as individuals with and rights. ]47=5JOHANNESBURG – The Development of Social Department has called for the media to improve their depiction […]

At a joint ministerial briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday on the new transport regulations under lockdown level 1, the minister said the data of the countries allowed in the country would be reviewed every two weeks. FILE: International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor at a press briefing on 21 May 2020 in Pretoria on […]

Anél Lewis, who was retrenched from a real estate company during lockdown, has quickly shifted gears to now find an alternative income stream. Anél Lewis has recalled the uncertainty she went through after being retrenched during the coronavirus lockdown. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – With the expanded unemployment rate at around 42%, many South Africans […]

Joburg firefighters contain Diepsloot compost plant fire The fire broke out at in a residential area early on Wednesday morning near Mnandi Road. Picture: 123rf.com JOHANNESBURG – Firefighters have managed to contain a blaze at a compost plant in Diepsloot west. The fire broke out at in a residential area early on Wednesday morning near […]

Spaza shops, hair salons and street vendors are the main drivers of the local economy in Diepsloot but without power, they say their businesses are as good as dead. Diepsloot resident looks on Eskom technicians remove illegal electricity connections in their community on 29 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – With South Africa battling […]

The union said that the protest comes after many queries raised with the Employment and Labour Department regarding the non-payment of Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme administered by the UIF. Numsa members march to the Sandton city centre to hand over a memorandum of demands on August 28. Picture: Rahima Essop/EWN CAPE TOWN – The National […]

Pitso Mosimane quits Mamelodi Sundowns for Al Ahly – report According to news website Timeslive, Mosimane will join Al Ahly and will begin his new job as soon as he becomes available. Pitso Mosimane celebrates winning the 2019/2020 Nedbank Cup title with Mamelodi Sundowns. Picture: @Masandawana/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has left […]

National spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said that this was what happened when there was a government that was hellbent on implementing a framework of policies that did not place employment creation as a priority. A screengrab of Cosatu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla. Picture: YouTube. CAPE TOWN – Cosatu said that the latest unemployment figures were depressing but […]