Category: SA News

Judge Ratha Mokgoatleng on Friday ruled that an upfront payment was not the only way to grant bail, but that assets including property could be used as surety. Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 14 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Investigating Directorate said it’s comforted […]

The party will for the first time elect new leaders through an IT-based voting system and presiding officers said that they were confident that the election would be free and fair. FILE: Democratic Alliance members during the voting session on policies on at the party’s elective congress 8 April 2018. Picture: EWN DURBAN – Campaign […]

The girl’s mother left her with the rapist at home two years ago, when he sexually abused her. JOHANNESBURG – A Springs man (40) on Thursday was sentenced to life in prison for raping his six-year-old daughter. The girl’s mother left her with the rapist at home two years ago, when he sexually abused her. […]

This is despite many analysts familiar with the party saying her chances of winning are slim. FILE: Mbali Ntuli officially announced her decision to run for the leadership role of the Democratic Alliance. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Democratic Alliance (DA) youth leader Mbali Ntuli on Thursday expressed confidence in her chances of becoming the […]

Bushiris & co-accused back in court for bail application The five are facing charges of money laundering, fraud, and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act worth R102 million. Members of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) came out in support of self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri, and his wife Mary Bushiri, who appeared at the Pretoria […]

Agrizzi has been detained for two weeks after the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court denied him bail. Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 14 October 2020. Agrizzi was denied bail in his corruption and bribery case. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi is expected […]

The minister made the remark during his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday demanded an apology from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni after he claimed […]

The off-duty official and two friends were sitting in a vehicle in Samora Machel on Wednesday night when they were attacked. CAPE TOWN – A gunman is still on the run following a shooting on Wednesday night in which a Khayelitsha police officer was killed. The off-duty official and two friends were sitting in a […]

In collaboration with the City of Cape Town and the Medical Research Council health officials are now monitoring the extent of SARS-CoV-2 within wastewater. A lab technician sorts blood samples inside a lab for a COVID-19 vaccine study at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP. CAPE TOWN […]

JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla said motorists should use alternative routes to avoid the crime scene. Police car/van. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – There has been a cash-in-transit heist in Florida, west of Johannesburg. Details were still sketchy, but police and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) were on the scene. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla said motorists […]