Category: SA News

The NGO said that since January it had been inundated with calls, messages, and online communication from desperate people seeking help and advice. JOHANNESBURG – With Thursday marking World Suicide Prevention Day, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) said that the volume of calls to its helpline had doubled amid the coronavirus pandemic […]

Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul said that the daily number of new cases was still on an upward trajectory. Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul. Picture: @zsaul1/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The Northern Cape’s COVID-19 infection rate is still rising. Premier Zamani Saul said that the daily number of new cases was still on an upward trajectory. […]

Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out ‘load reduction’ in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State. JOHANNESBURG – Eskom said that it was not planning to implement load shedding on Thursday but it would be rolling out “load reduction” in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said that South Africa was poorer without Bizos. FILE: Veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos passed away on 9 September, aged 92. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Family, close friends and associates of the late George Bizos continued to honour him with fond memories after the veteran human rights lawyer died […]

A barely audible recording played before the state capture commission has reminded former board chair Zola Tsotsi that one of the board members said: ‘We must protect our leaders’. A screengrab shows former Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi at the state capture inquiry on 9 September 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – The state capture commission […]

Clicks has come under fire for a hair product ad, which labelled black hair as ‘dry, frizzy and damaged’, and drew widespread outrage from South Africans. EFF members protest outside a Clicks store at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg on 7 September 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) […]

The three men in their twenties were shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon. CAPE TOWN – Anti-gang unit members are searching for a gunman responsible for a triple murder at a Lotus River food outlet. The three men in their twenties were shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon. A preliminary report suggests that two of […]

They were increased at the height of Cape Town’s water crisis several years ago but with dam levels having vastly improved, the municipality hasn’t indicated if tariffs will be cut any time soon. CAPE TOWN – Cosatu is pressuring the City of Cape Town to lower water tariffs. Dam levels have vastly improved. Collectively, dams […]

SA records 1,990 new COVID-19 cases as death toll rises to 15,168 The recovery rate stands at 88.7%, meaning that almost 570,000 people have so far recovered. A Gauteng Health Department official collects samples from a man during a door-to-door COVID-19 coronavirus testing drive in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 3 April 2020. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – […]

The utility has managed to stave off rolling blackout for two days now but said any deterioration in generation performance could lead to the implementation of load shedding at short notice. An electricity power point in use. Picture: Pixabay.com JOHANNESBURG – Eskom has warned that while no load shedding was expected on Thursday, the possibility […]