Category: SA News

Edwin Sodi on Tuesday concluded another appearance at the state capture commission of inquiry. 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 has denied that his funding of a house for Free State […]

Your EWN Weather Watch update for Wednesday, 30 September 2020. JOHANNESBURG – The South African Weather Service has forecast a partly cloudy Wednesday with isolated showers for Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. WESTERN CAPE The province will be fine in the west and the northeast in the morning, but otherwise partly cloudy and cool […]

This is the view of Tygue Theron from Energy Partners a company which helps manage utilities. CAPE TOWN – Government may have plans to address the country’s energy crisis, but it will take years for it to be rolled out. This is the view of Tygue Theron from Energy Partners, a company that helps manage […]

Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections. Eskom technicians, along with the Red Ants and police, cut illegal power connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections. The utility’s officials joined police officers […]

The organisation said the election watchdog’s move was based on a perceived similarity with another political party and the use of the South African flag in its logo. The leadership of ActionSA. Picture: @HermanMashaba/Twitter CAPE TOWN – ActionSA has described the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s decision not to register it as a political party as […]

Three people are recovering in hospital after they were shot and wounded over the weekend. Police car/van. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – While police continue their search for a group of men behind a farm attack in Kraaifontein, there are fresh calls for a rural safety plan to be implemented. Three people are recovering in […]

The next term of Parliament resumes on 6 October and healthy party members with no comorbidities were told to return to Cape Town for the final stretch after working remotely during the lockdown. Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – All African National Congress (ANC) Members of Parliament (MPs) with […]

GALLERY: Eskom removes illegal power connections in Diepsloot Abigail Javier | Eskom technicians removed illegal power connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. They were accompanied by the police and Red Ants as they conducted the operation. Residents looked on as their source of electricity was removed taken out. __your iOS or Android device.

Stats SA on Tuesday said the official unemployment figure shrunk to a record low from 30.1% in the first quarter of the year, the lowest unemployment rate recorded since 2008. JOHANNESBURG – While the unemployment rate has decreased to 23.3% in the second quarter of the year as contained in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, […]

The high ranking member was arrested on Monday in connection with the rape of his two daughters. FILE: An ANC flag. Picture: EWN. CAPE TOWN – The African National Congress (ANC) in Mpumalanga said that it was taking allegations of sexual assault against one of its members extremely seriously. The high ranking member was arrested […]