Category: SA News

This is in response to the roads agency’s CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma calling for a final decision on the future of e-tolls, which should be in the interest of the entire country and the economy. An e-toll gantry. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) said the e-tolling system has failed and […]

Nahemia Classen was shot and wounded in Parkers Walk on Monday. Nehemiah Claasen. Picture supplied. CAPE TOWN – A young boy who got caught in the crossfire of gang violence in Parkwood remains on life support. Nehemiah Classen was shot and wounded in Parkers Walk on Monday. The eight-year-old was just metres from his house […]

The number of new infections has been declining steadily since an average daily peak of around 12,000 in July. FILE: Gauteng healthcare workers screening Alexandra residents for coronavirus on 31 March 2020 following the roll out of massive community screenings and testing programmes by the provincial executive council. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – South Africa […]

The country has slipped deeper into a recession with Stats SA announcing a second-quarter decline of 51%, quarter on quarter. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa announces changes to the National Executive at a media briefing held at the Union Buildings, Tshwane on the 22 November 2018. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – As South Africa sees its economy […]

Manfred Lewis was found dead in his cell last month shortly after he was taken into custody. Picture: Supplied. CAPE TOWN – Two police officers have been granted bail after appearing in court in connection with the death of a man in a holding cell in Moorreesburg. Duwayne Williams and Justin Sassman appeared in the […]

Earlier Eskom implemented stage 1 load shedding from 4 pm on Tuesday, and it was expected to last until 10 pm – this after the utility managed to return more generation units back to service. Earlier Eskom implemented stage 1 load shedding from 4 pm on Tuesday, and it was expected to last until 10 […]

Makwetu joined the likes of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Tuesday to address the National Council of Province (NCOP)’s local government week virtual session. Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu. Picture: @AuditorGen_SA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Municipalities need to plan better and stop spending money they don’t have. That’s the simple message from Auditor-General Kimi […]

Inside SA’s bleak second quarter GDP figures Abigail Javier | Statistics South Africa revealed that the country has fallen deeper into recession, with gross domestic product (GDP) dropping by 51% in the second quarter of this year. Take a closer look at the figures related to the economic data.

The commission asked former CEO Tshediso Matona about the meeting that consultant Nicholas Linell has disposed of an affidavit about Linell’s affidavit which said he was given the task of drafting the board resolution for Tsotsi. Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni testifying in her delinquency case at the High Court in Pretoria on 20 […]

Load shedding returns – power cuts resume from 4 pm on Tuesday Eskom managed to suspend load shedding until Tuesday afternoon after returning more generation units back to service. Eskom has again urged South Africans to use electricity sparingly. Picture: Pexels JOHANNESBURG – Stage 1 load shedding will resume from this hour. Eskom managed to […]