Category: SA News

The data revealed that in the period, the economy generated R1,08 trillion. People queue at a grocery store in Hillbrow on the first day of the coronavirus lockdown on 27 March 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has fallen deeper into recession, with Statistics South Africa announcing that gross domestic product (GDP) has […]

Former Eskom board chairperson Zola Tsotsi is back at the state capture commission where former CEO Tshediso Matona said on Monday that Tsotsi was the one who informed him that he had been suspended. A screengrab shows former Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi at the state capture inquiry on 8 September 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube JOHANNESBURG […]

US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen in his book – ‘Disloyal, a Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J Trump’ – wrote that Trump praised the apartheid era rule in South Africa. US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at […]

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) found that the R40 million tender for the border fence was awarded irregularly and recommended that 14 officials be disciplined. FILE: Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Hon Patricia De Lille in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @DepPublicWorks/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille on […]

Clicks said that it had to close more than 400 of its stores on Monday after they were targeted by protesting EFF members. EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu leads a protest against Clicks at Sandton City in Johannesburg on 7 September 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Retailer Clicks has been granted an interim interdict […]

The minister is now urging Clicks to remove TRESemme products from its shelves as an expression of its disassociation with suppliers who promote racist and insensitivity marketing. Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced […]

That is one of the findings of a local population cohort study probing risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa. A professional healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) treats a patient in a tent dedicated to the treatment of possible COVID-19 coronavirus patients, while another cleans the ward at the Tshwane District Hospital […]

WATCH LIVE: Ex-Eskom board chair Zola Tsotsi returns to Zondo Inquiry Former Eskom board chairperson Zola Tsotsi is appearing at the Zondo commission of inquiry that is looking into state capture. A screengrab shows Former Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi at the state capture inquiry on 24 January 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom […]

Santaco president Philip Taaibosch said that those working in the industry deserved to be treated like any other citizen in the country. FILE: The Bellville taxi rank in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said that the industry was not a law unto itself. Santaco president Philip […]

However, it now says that stage one load shedding will only kick in this afternoon. JOHANNESBURG – Eskom has suspended load shedding for a few hours after more generating units came back online. The utility was scheduled to implement stage 1 power cuts from 8am which would have lasted until 4pm. • How to check […]