Category: SA News

Numsa said it was prepared to defend its intended industrial action against Golden Arrow over changes to employment conditions. Golden Arrow staff held a demonstration at the Arrogate Depot in Montana, in Cape Town on 22 September 2020. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – Unions representing Golden Arrow Bus Services workers said they’re gearing up for […]

The president on Thursday delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address under the theme ‘Celebrating South Africa’s Living Human Treasures’. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said future generations should be allowed to inherit a democracy that affirmed their dignity. Ramaphosa delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address […]

The governing party flew into some turbulence when it emerged that several senior leaders hitched a ride on a defence force plane to attend a meeting with Zanu-PF counterparts. FILE: An ANC flag. Picture: EWN. CAPE TOWN – The ANC has to pay back around R260,000 for using a defence force jet to fly a […]

The EFF on Thursday said there was no heritage to celebrate this year as long as citizens remained landless and locked out through poverty. The South African flag. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – As the country observes Heritage Day, some political parties on Thursday were sceptical about whether the public holiday still carried its true meaning […]

Chivargo Fredericks and Eben Basson were arrested shortly after 7-year-old Emaan Solomons was killed in suspected gang crossfire in February. Emaan Solomons (7) was caught in gang-crossfire while playing in front of her Ocean View home on 25 February 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN CAPE TOWN – Two men implicated in the murder of an Ocean […]

Over four years ago three mineworkers – Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi, and Solomon Nyirenda – were trapped underground after a tremor. Herman Mashaba. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Newly launched political party Action SA’s president Herman Mashaba on Wednesday said they were in the process of implementing a legal strategy that would force the government […]

Under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, small groups of people marched from Church Square to the Nigerian Embassy, saying government failed to put South Africans first. Civil society organisation leaders speak to Nigerian Ambassador Kabiru Bala and hand a memorandum over to him on 23 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN PRETORIA – Groups of protesters have […]

Authorities managed to recoup some of the money that had been stolen, along with four firearms and three suspected stolen vehicles. A police tipoff led to the arrest of two suspects following a foiled cash in transit heist on Wednesday, 23 September 2020. Five other suspects were killed in a shootout with the police at […]

The city said the regulator issued the Tariff Methodology to be used to determine the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) revenue in March. Port Control harbour in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has written to Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and the Ports Regulator of South Africa to […]

The lawyer for one of the accused argued that the dysfunctional justice system was to blame for the death of the 16-year-old boy. (From left to right) Simon Scorpion Nyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Voster Netshiongolo, the police officers accused of murdering Nathaniel Julies (16), appear in the Proteas Magistrates Court on 22 September 2020. Picture: […]