Category: SA News

Communities across the country have been outraged by government’s perceived inaction when it comes to tackling violence against women and children, but Cabinet insists there are interventions to improve safety. FILE: Demonstrators gather near the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton on 13 September 2019 in protest against gender-based violence. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Cabinet […]

Zwane has been implicated in masterminding a scheme to take R1 billion intended for low-cost housing. FILE: Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane introduces former President Jacob Zuma outside the state capture commission venue on Friday 19 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Free State Human Settlements MEC Mosebenzi Zwane, who later […]

Family loses four members in Nyanga shooting Police said that preliminary reports showed that two gunmen stormed their home on Thursday night. They then shot dead three women and an 11-year-old boy. FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN. CAPE TOWN – Four members of the same family have been murdered in […]

Professor Adrian Puren said the country was not out of danger yet with around just under 2,000 daily new infections. FILE: A Doctors Without Border (MSF) nurse (C) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test during a Ministry of Health screening and testing drive in the Wolhuter men’s hostel in Jeppestown district of Johannesburg, on 14 May […]

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula conducted a COVID-19 regulations compliance inspection at the airport on Thursday. FILE: A general view of Cape Town International Airport. Picture: @WesternCapeGov/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has given Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) the green light to resume with operations for travel outside the country from next week. […]

Thousands of businesses, especially those in the tourism sector, have suffered during the COVID-19 lockdown. FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has urged locals to use what’s left of Heritage Month to support local businesses. Thousands of businesses, especially those in the tourism sector, have […]

WATCH LIVE: Mosebenzi Zwane grilled on R1bn FS housing project at Zondo Inquiry Former Cabinet minister Mosebenzi Zwane is appearing at the state capture inquiry where he is expected to face questions on the R1 billion housing project that he helmed during his time as Free State Housing MEC. A screengrab of former Cabinet minister […]

Tracking COVID-19 deaths by world region AFP | Chart with the number of deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the world by region, nearing the one million death mark as 24 September.

Zane Killian was arrested this week in Gauteng and brought to Cape Town where he’s been charged. The Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court in Cape Town. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN CAPE TOWN – The case against a man implicated in the murder of a top detective has been postponed until 5 October. Zane Killian was arrested this […]

Police seize drugs worth R340,000 on bus in Beaufort West They found a bag in the trailer containing more than 6,780 mandrax tablets. Police seized mandrax worth R340,000 during an operation in Beaufort West on 24 September 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Police have confiscated drugs worth R340,000 found on a bus in Beaufort […]