Category: SA News

Deputy Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Parks Tau said the problems facing municipalities included deepening debt, a lack of revenue collection and the over-use of consultants. Deputy Cogta Minister Parks Tau. Picture: @NationalCoGTA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The crisis in local government is not just administrative – it’s also political. That’s according to deputy Cooperative […]

Nedbank said the cause of the double billing stemmed from a transactional file from Monday which was mistakenly processed on Friday. Capitec said it was working to resolve the matter within 24 hrs. Capitec Bank clients took to social media in outrage on Friday morning, saying there had been additional deductions from their accounts without […]

Ben Ngubane has told the State Capture Commission of Inquiry that his predecessor had told the board that Matshela Koko had been caught on camera on a ‘sexual escapade’ with a fellow Eskom employee, and the former CEO Tshediso Matona did not investigate the matter. FILE: Former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG […]

Eight buses were destroyed in arson attacks across the city and it has cost Golden Arrow over R19 million in damages. One of the Golden Arrow buses that was torched in Delft on 14 August 2020. Picture: Wayne Dyson, spokesperson for Cape Town law enforcement CAPE TOWN – A reward is still on offer for […]

Thandeka Mdeliswa’s family concerned no arrests made for her murder The 34-year-old actress, who was best known for her role on SABC 1’s ‘Ikani’ , was shot last week at her home in Evander in Mpumalanga and later died in hospital over the weekend. Thandeka Mdeliswa. Picture: SABC. JOHANNESBURG – The family of slain actress […]

The Nersa approval allows the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to procure additional energy beyond, but not excluding, Eskom and including renewable energy. Picture: Pexels. CAPE TOWN – Government can now buy energy from more sources outside of Eskom. The move is part of a bigger plan to diversify South Africa’s energy mix as […]

Site managers said that strict crowd management protocols had been put in place to ensure the safety of visitors. Cango Caves. Picture: www.cango-caves.co.za CAPE TOWN – After a nearly six-month-long lockdown, the Cango Caves in Oudtshoorn will reopen its doors to the public today. Site managers said that strict crowd management protocols had been put […]

The Health Professions Council took action against Doctor Jacques de Vos for advising a woman that an unborn baby constituted human life. Attorney Martus de Wet (left) and Dr Jacques De Vos (right) at the Health Professions Council fo South Africa’s hearing on 27 August 2019. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN. CAPE TOWN – A doctor charged […]

Leo Williams (9) died after he was hit in the head by a rubber bullet as police clashed with demonstrators during a service delivery protest in the Laingville community last month. Leo Williams (9) who was shot in the head during service delivery protests in Laingville in the Western Cape. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – […]

The Public Enterprises Department said that efforts to finalise the business rescue process and a decision on the sources of funding would be announced soon. JOHANNESBURG – South Africans should have clarity soon on the restructuring of South African Airways (SAA). The Public Enterprises Department said that efforts to finalise the business rescue process and […]