Category: SA News

MEC Panyaza Lesufi gave an update on the application process in Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon. FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi briefs the media on 14 January 2020 on the status of school admissions for the new academic year. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Education Department said parents who’ve used its online school […]

The City of Cape Town is concerned by the attacks on its officials while carrying out their duties to assist residents. CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town is concerned by the attacks on its officials while carrying out their duties to assist residents. A firefighter was threatened and robbed at gunpoint while attending […]

5 people killed in Pinetown attack The motive of the killing is not known at this stage. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. JOHANNESBURG – Five people have been killed following a mass murder in Pinetown, say police in KwaZulu-Natal, while another person is in critical condition in hospital. KZN law enforcement officials confirmed Saturday night’s attack […]

Five suspects were handcuffed during the operation in Rustenburg and in Kuruman on Sunday. CAPE TOWN – The Hawks have arrested many suspects for alleged human trafficking offences in the North West and the Northern Cape. Five suspects were handcuffed during the operation in Rustenburg and in Kuruman on Sunday. They are accused of trafficking […]

Bredell Esau and Johan Adams appeared in the Grabouw Magistrates Court on Friday following their arrest a week ago. Western Cape police arrested two men for the possession of crayfish worth more than R6 million. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Two Western Cape men arrested in possession of crayfish worth R6.5 million have been granted […]

The DA’s Jack Bloom has accused the government of corruption under the leadership of suspended Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku relating to the admission of patients at the Nasrec field hospital. FILE: Bandile Masuku visits the Nasrec quarantine and isolation centre on 20 July 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Pressure is mounting for suspended […]

Could William Nicol Drive be named to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela? Talks begin The City of Joburg said the renaming would symbolise the contribution Madikizela-Mandela made. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at her 80th birthday celebration. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – The City of Johannesburg officially launched the public participation process which could lead to the renaming of William Nicol Drive […]

No arrests have yet been made and outraged residents feel the community is been side-lined while murders continue to escalate. Police Minister Bheki Cele at an inter-ministerial briefing on the coronavirus in Pretoria on 13 March 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The grieving community of Orange Farm called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to […]

The intervention is aimed at strengthening measures that will help curb the spread of the virus and led to the confiscation of weapons, secondhand goods and drugs. FILE: South African Breweries (SAB) delivers free packages of condoms to local taverns in the Western Cape in a bid to promote safer sex and prevent HIV/AIDS and […]

South Africa has now dropped to 10th place on John Hopkins University’s tally of the countries with the highest number of known infections. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and members of his team took up the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge on Heritage Day. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said while the risk of a resurgence in […]