Category: SA News

The agency has announced that second-quarter figures show that the economy shrunk by 51% quarter on quarter. JOHANNESBURG – Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Tuesday said the fear of contracting the coronavirus, a decrease in income and fear of arrest, saw a vast decrease in household consumption in the second quarter of this year. […]

The case was officially postponed to December on Tuesday, in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, after it emerged that current travel restrictions would prevent key witnesses who were abroad to testify in the matter. FILE: Former president Jacob Zuma appears in the Durban High Court on 8 June 2018 on corruption charges related to the arms […]

The racist advert was met with public outrage, protests by the Economic Freedom Fighters and calls to boycott and ban Clicks stores and TRESemmé products. A hair product advert by retailer Clicks. JOHANNESBURG – Clicks has confirmed that a senior executive responsible for its racist advert has resigned while all other employees involved in the […]

Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the eThekwini Municipality was an example of the apartheid spatial planning patterns with the majority living far from work. Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Picture: @NationalCoGTA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said government needed land to be able to address apartheid’s legacy. She said […]

Former Eskom board chairperson Zola Tsotsi appeared at the state capture commission on Tuesday, where he said he met the Guptas three times at either Saxonwold or Sahara, at their behest. A screengrab shows former Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi at the state capture inquiry on 8 September 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom […]

A bakkie, taxi, and car collided in Bapsfontein. Three men were killed on 8 September 2020 and 11 others injured in a crash on the R25 in Bapsfontein. Picture: @Netcare911_sa/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Three men were killed on Tuesday morning and 11 others injured in a crash on the R25. A bakkie, taxi, and car collided […]

Provincial government officials said that three weeks into alert level two of South Africa’s lockdown and with more businesses operating, there has not been an uptick in new cases being reported. FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: Twitter. CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape government said that the province has continued showing a decline […]

The retail pharmacy company approached the High Court in Johannesburg on an urgent basis to stop the disruption and intimidation of its staff and customers. Public safety officers and police watch EFF members protest outside a Clicks store at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg on 7 September 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – […]

It’s alleged that suspected criminal underworld figure Nafiz Modack and his accomplices are at the centre of such nefarious operations. Long Street in Cape Town. Picture: 123rf.com CAPE TOWN – A number of businesses in the Cape Town city centre are still being targeted by criminal syndicates demanding so-called protection fees. It has long been […]

In a statement on Tuesday, Clicks said that it would replace the American brand with locally sourced haircare products and that it would be engaging with all of its suppliers to enforce its code of conduct. EFF members protest outside a Clicks store at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg on 7 September 2020. […]