Category: SA News

The Council of Geoscience urged the public not to panic as the are no imminent threats to public safety. CAPE TOWN – The Environmental Affairs Department in the Western Cape said the recent seismic activity in Cape Town is no cause for panic. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck about 1600 kilometers last night off the […]

Officers described Saturday night’s attack in Kwandengezi as an execution-style massacre. FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating five counts of murder and attempted murder after five people were shot dead in Pinetown. Officers described Saturday night’s attack in Kwandengezi as an execution-style massacre. The group […]

Lesufi said the paper has already been set and it should remain the same. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said this year’s matric exam should not be changed due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Grade 12 pupils are expected to sit down […]

President Ramaphosa issued the formal rebuke to the minister after it emerged Mapisa-Nqakula allowed a senior ANC delegation to catch a lift on a South African National Defence force jet to the neighbouring country earlier this month. FILE: Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at a media briefing on 16 March 2020 on […]

Bredell Esau and Johan Adams appeared in the Grabouw Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – Two men charged for contravening the Marine Living Resources Act will be back in court in December. Bredell Esau and Johan Adams appeared in the Grabouw Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The men were taken into custody more […]

Preliminary reports revealed that two unknown men forcefully entered a home in Makhosi Street. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – Two Cape Town communities are in shock after families came under attack by unknown gunmen in separate shootings this week. In one incident in Khayelitsha on Tuesday, a man and woman were killed when […]

Scores of people living in Cape Town took to social media to report tremors in their homes. JOHANNESBURG – A second tremor has hit parts of Cape Town on Sunday morning following Saturday’s occurrence. Experts said Saturday’s 6.2 magnitude tremor that hit the southern coast of South Africa on Saturday evening had as much estimated […]

5 more arrested for SAPS car rebranding scam worth R56mil The case relates to the alleged manipulation of procurement documents – for the branding of police vehicles in 2017. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Police have arrested five more people in connection to an elaborate scam to defraud the South African Police Service (SAPS) of […]

SA COVID-19 recoveries pass 600,000 mark The country has reported 969 new infections over the past 24 hours, pushing the national cases load to just under 670,000. FILE: A City of Tshwane Health official takes a nasal swab to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus on a taxi operator at the Bloed Street Mall in Pretoria […]

Dr David Khoza, Executive manager of Applied Geosciences at the Council for Geosciences explains the effects of earthquakes. On Saturday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 occurred off the south coast of South Africa. While that magnitude is considered a big earthquake, people who felt tremors in Cape Town actually experienced a smaller event. […]