Category: SA News

Ministers are briefing media on Wednesday afternoon on the directives and regulations related to travel and transport under level 1 of the national COVID-19 lockdown. FILE: International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor. Picture: @DIRCO_ZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Government has announced that international travellers from high-risk countries that will get limited access to the country from […]

This was highlighted by Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata who spoke at a memorial for Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear in Belhar on Wednesday. The widow of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear lights a candle at a memorial service for his husband on 30 September 2020 held in Belhar. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN […]

Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also revealed other reports in the pipeline include one of maladministration on the irregular appointment of staff in the City of Johannesburg during the time of former Mayor Herman Mashaba. FILE: Mkhwebane told Parliament investigations into high profile cases such as the Vrede Dairy project were still not complete. Picture: EWN CAPE […]

This article first appeared on The Conversation. The national state of disaster declared by the South African government on 15 March 2020 was a direct response to COVID-19. But that response inadvertently intensified three other existing disasters: poverty, unemployment and inequality. More South Africans are poor and unemployed now than before the lockdown was imposed. […]

The Health Ministry said that 903 new infections were picked up over the past day, pushing the number of known cases in this country to over 672,000. JOHANNESBURG – Eighty-one more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 16,667. The Health Ministry said that 903 new infections […]

Economic experts have criticised Stats SA’s decision to define the 2.2 million job losses during the second quarter as economically not active people. JOHANNESBURG – Economic experts have described the Quarterly Labour Force Survey results by Stats SA, which show that the official unemployment rate has decreased to a record low of 23.3% as confusing […]

The majority of Diepsloot residents use illegally connected power, for which they illegally pay about R1,800 to connect to their houses and street lights. Eskom technicians remove illegal electricity connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – While the majority of the residents in Diepsloot Extention 13 have promised to reconnect […]

They said that all existing cargo and repatriation flights would be undertaken but no new ones would be accepted. JOHANNESBURG – The South African Airways (SAA) business rescue practitioners said that the decision to suspend all operations at SAA would remain in force until funding is found. Government has promised around R10.5 billion in funding […]

Nthimotse Mokhesi is HOD of the Free State Housing Department that gave Blackhead Consulting a R255 million asbestos contract. A YouTube screengrab of Edwin Sodi, a director of Blackhead Consulting, testifying before the state capture commission in Johannesburg on 29 September 2020. JOHANNESBURG – Blackhead Consulting director, Edwin Sodi, on Tuesday told the state capture […]

The organisation had over the years launched a series of legal challenges against the former Crime Intelligence boss. FILE: Richard Mdluli. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Freedom Under Law (FUL) on Tuesday welcomed the sentencing of former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. The organisation had over the years launched a series of legal challenges against […]