Category: SA News

No load shedding on Friday, but use power sparingly – says Eskom The utility has managed to stave-off rolling blackouts after it warned of possible stage 2 load shedding at short notice due to a faulty conveyor belt at its Medupi power station which failed last night. Eskom has managed to avoid load shedding for […]

The party has reached an agreement with the company on the way forward after the online advert, which denigrated black women’s hair. EFF representatives, led by party leader Julius Malema, met with a delegation from Unilever on 10 September 2020 following demonstrations over a racist ad for TRESemme hair products that appeared on the Clicks […]

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday dismissed his appeal against a two-year prison sentence for assaulting a fellow council member with a glass jug. FILE: Andile Lungisa. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape said Andile Lungisa has not yet tendered his resignation as a Nelson Mandela […]

Warm weather conditions expected throughout the country as we move into the weekend. JOHANNESBURG – The Western Cape can expect warm weather conditions on Friday after parts of the province experienced some rain on Thursday. WESTERN CAPE:Hot weather and clear skies can be expected in the Western Cape on Friday. Cape Town and Worcester will […]

Three police officers have made a brief court appearance in connection with Julies’ killing and the events that followed. The three police officers accused of killing Nathaniel appear at the Protea Magistrates court. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Protea Magistrates Court on Thursday heard how a suspect in the Nathaniel Julies murder case made […]

This article first appeared on The Conversation. This week the University of Oxford and Astra Zeneca temporarily postponed further vaccination in clinical trials of the COVID-19 candidate vaccine, AZD1222, after one of the participants fell ill. There are more than 15,000 participants already enrolled across multiple studies of the vaccine in several countries around the […]

Nine-year-old Leo Williams died after he was hit in the head by a rubber bullet as police clashed with demonstrators 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/JOHANNESBURG – Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) […]

She had to answer to the state capture commission why she appeared to be interested in him and not the others. 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 said she didn’t […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted during an online meeting with South African National Editors Forum on Wednesday night that there may be a review in lockdown regulations. An overloaded taxi travelling from Limpopo to Gauteng is one of the number of vehicles stopped by police in Gauteng during a recent lockdown roadblock. Picture: Faith Mazibuko. JOHANNESBURG […]

The council singled out Bongani Bongo and Zandile Gumede who are before for the courts facing corruption charges; while Lungisa has been convicted of assault. FILE: Home Affairs committee chairperson Bongani Bongo. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC)’s uMkhonto weSizwe National Council has slammed ANC leaders defying party instruction to step aside […]