Category: SA News

Chanè Manuel’s half-naked body was discovered with her hands tied behind her back. CAPE TOWN – Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder and possible rape of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found near the railway line in George last week. The duo was taken into custody on Tuesday. Chanè Manuel’s […]

Former Free State Housing HOD Mpho Mokoena is giving details to the state capture commission on contractors who secured lucrative deals from the R1 billion housing project. Mosebenzi Zwane outside the state capture commission on 19 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Free State Housing HOD Mpho Mokoena claims that MEC Mosebenzi Zwane […]

Researched by Naledi Mashishi In September 2020 a video shared on social media showed a man appearing to try to snatch a child from a restaurant in the Roodepoort area of Johannesburg, South Africa. The incident was widely discussed, with several claims made publicly about the prevalence of child trafficking. Some said specific places in […]

Paramedics said that they arrived on the scene on Snake Road on Tuesday afternoon and found a car riddled with bullet holes. JOHANNESBURG – Two men have been killed in Benoni in what appears to have been a drive-by shooting. Paramedics said that they arrived on the scene on Snake Road on Tuesday afternoon and […]

GALLERY: Put South Africans First march heads to Nigerian Embassy Abigail Javier | Under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, small groups of people marched from Church Square in Pretoria to the Nigerian Embassy on 23 September 2020. They are protesting against human trafficking and illegal foreign nationals.

Several organisations under the banner #PutSouthAfricaFirst are marching towards the Nigerian and Zimbabwean embassies to call for locals to be prioritised. Small groups of civil society are marching from Church Square in Pretoria to the Nigerian Embassy on Wednesday, 23 September 2020. They are protesting against human trafficking and illegal foreign nationals. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN […]

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has been accused of wrongdoing relating to a border fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Hon Patricia De Lille tabling her department budget vote in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @DepPublicWorks/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia […]

Jeff Maluleke told the Protea Magistrates Court on Wednesday that his client Caylene Whiteboy should be granted bail. Caylene Whiteboy, one of the three police officers accused of murdering Nathaniel Julies (16), appears in the Proteas Magistrates court on 22 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN SOWETO – Three Eldorado Park police officers implicated in the […]

Officials were conducting what they called “surprise cut-offs” for defaulters and illegala connections at houses in Dainfern, near Fourways, on Wednesday afternoon. City Power officials conducted what they call ‘surprise power cuts’ in Dainfern, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday 23 September 2020. Picture: Twitter/@CityPowerJhb JOHANNESBURG – City Power said contrary to popular belief, residents from […]

ER24 paramedics on Wednesday morning found the baby boy wrapped in two plastic bags and a sack. JOHANNESBURG – The body of a newborn baby was found in a rubbish bin in Vanderbijlpark on Wednesday morning. Paramedics arrived on the scene outside of a residence on Poplar Street to find the local authorities already on […]