Category: SA News

The ANC has been accused of abusing state resources after its delegation touched down in Harare this week on the South African Air Force jet for a meeting with Zanu-PF. Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at a media briefing on 16 March 2020 on plans by government to curb the spread of […]

Former Eskom board chairperson Dr Ben Ngubane was among board members that voted Zola Tsotsi out in 2015 after an inquiry was set up and executives suspended. A screengrab of former Eskom board chairperson Dr Ben Ngubane appearing at the state capture inquiry on 11 September 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board chairperson […]

The city said that tariffs were currently on level 1 and were based on the projected consumption trends so that the income received covered the cost of providing water services. CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town has been slammed for not reducing water tariffs despite dam levels being above 95%. Costatu and the […]

Dumisani Zondi (42) was stabbed to death three weeks ago after calling on a group of people to stop drinking at a sports ground in Montclair. DURBAN – A man linked to the murder of an eThekwini metro police officer is expected to appear in the Durban Magistrates Court on Friday. Dumisani Zondi (42) was […]

WATCH LIVE: Ben Ngubane answers questions on Eskom at Zondo Inquiry Former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane is appearing at the state capture inquiry. He is expected to give evidence on his time at Eskom. A screengrab of former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane appearing at the state capture inquiry on 11 September 2020. Picture: […]

Policing expert Eldred de Klerk was responding to a video showing city traffic officials manhandling an 18-year-old. City of Cape Town law enforcement officers during a passing out parade at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on 9 February 2020. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter CAPE TOWN – A policing expert said that City of Cape Town’s law enforcement […]

Kerwin Budden (42) was sentenced to 12 years behind bars in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court. Four years were suspended for five years. CAPE TOWN – A Port Elizabeth man on Thursday was slapped with an effective eight-year jail term for the possession and distribution of child porn. Kerwin Budden (42) was sentenced to 12 […]

Nellie Senwametsi used to work as a caregiver at the Ninnies Neurons Nursery. FILE: The Ninnies Neurons Nursery School where a teacher was filmed beating children. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Rights group Women and Men Against Child Abuse on Thursday said that it was disappointed by the latest delay in the sentencing of a former […]

Rubbish has been piling up across the metro and open fields have been turned into informal dumping sites because waste removal vehicles were unavailable. JOHANNESBURG – The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on Thursday said that it was working to remove rubbish from the streets of the capital after waste removal services ground to a […]

The state capture commission of inquiry said each one of three were paid over R6 million. A screengrab of former Eskom board member Venete Klein appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johanneburg on 10 September 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board member Venete Klein on Thursday said that the R18 million that […]