Category: SA News

Local twitter users who searched for terms associated with suicide or self-harm ill receive a large notification encouraging them to contact the South African Depression And Anxiety Group SADAG director Cassey Chambers said loneliness was a huge contributing factor to depression and suicide. Picture: 123rf JOHANNESBURG – As the world marks World Suicide Prevention Day […]

In a statement on Thursday, the department said dam levels dropped from 37.6 % last week to 37.0% in this week. FILE: The department said dam levels dropped, placing it in a poorer state when compared to the levels of last year in the same week when it stood at 58.6%. Picture: EWN BRITS – […]

The closure of the Oudsthoorn Magistrate Court followed a visit by labour inspectors who had received a tip-off. Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – The Labour Department has closed the Oudtshoorn Magistrates Court due to non-compliance with COVID-19 lockdown regulations. The closure follows a visit by labour inspectors who had received a tip-off. The inspectorate found […]

Klein was at the state capture commission on Thursday following Tsotsi’s testimony over the past two days. A screengrab of former Eskom board member Venete Klein. JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board member Venete Klein said she refused to sign approval for the Gupta The New Age (TNA) breakfasts, contrary to former chair Zola Tsotsi’s belief […]

Nedbank stepped in and made the offer on 702’s Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Show on Thursday morning. Siphamandla Wiseman Ndabezitha. Picture: Supplied. JOHANNESBURG – The story of Siphamandla Wiseman Ndabezitha, the petrol attendant who captivated South Africans has just got better. Nedbank, the bank Ndabezitha uses, has announced it will match all donations made to […]

The organisation is among the countless rights groups and foundations that are remembering the human rights veteran on Thursday. George Bizos. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN – Freedom Under Law said the late George Bizos showed the country that the law could be humane, principled, decent and just. The organisation is among the countless rights […]

The decision was taken following a meeting with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, Unilever, and Clicks folowing nationwide outrage of a racist ad for the product on the Clicks website. JOHANNESBURG – Unilever will withdraw all TRESemmé products from retail stores nationwide for 10 days as a demonstration of its remorse for the […]

Section 139 of the Constitution permits a provincial executive to intervene in the affairs of a struggling municipality. FILE: Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Interventions at dysfunctional municipalities are being poorly implemented and in some instances only add to their problems. Government-led efforts to help such municipalities, known […]

Lawyers for the accused told the court that they would be applying for bail, but Julies’ family advisor, Reverend Larry Varie, said that the community would not take that lying down. Scorpion Ndyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Voster Netsiongolo on 10 September 2020 made a brief appearance at the Protea Magistrates Court for the alleged murder […]

OPINION The recent death of Nathaniel Julies, allegedly at the hands of the South African Police Service (SAPS) officers in Eldorado Park, raises two issues that are not new: excessive force by SAPS members; and the policing of gangs in affected communities. The Julies case is not an isolated incident, and should be understood in […]