Category: SA News

The 62-year-old struggle veteran who was also the doctor of the late former President Nelson Mandela died last week in a Johannesburg hospital of a suspected heart attack. Former South African National Defence Force surgeon general Vejay Ramlakan. Picture: YouTube Screengrab JOHANNESBURG – Mourners who have paid tribute to the former surgeon general of the […]

As part of a protest march organised by the Move One Million campaign, dozens of people gathered in the CBD on Saturday. Capetonians gathered at the Grand Parade on 5 September 2020 to protest against corruption, farm murders, gender-based violence, and child killings. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN. CAPE TOWN – Hundreds of Capetonians have voiced their […]

Nathaniel Kubheka was sentenced by the Witbank Regional Court earlier this week to an effective 30 years imprisonment after being convicted on one count of rape and four counts of sexual assault. Picture: SAPS. JOHANNESBURG – Mpumalanga police commissioner Mondli Zuma has welcomed the hefty sentence received by an alleged pastor convicted of rape and […]

Sentra Kem CCs has agreed to pay more R15,785.03 to the Solidarity Fund. Coronavirus, face mask, mask. Picture: pixabay.com CAPE TOWN – A Paarl supplier of pharmaceutical products will make a payment to the Solidarity Fund after it was accused by the Competition Commission of charging excessive prices for face masks. Sentra Kem CCs has […]

Her remarks are in response to an article by the ‘Sunday Times’ on Sunday morning, which claims she’s being investigated by the organisation for bringing it into disrepute. DA MP Phumzile van Damme. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Democratic Alliance (DA) member of Parliament (MP) Phumzile van Damme has taken a swipe at the party through […]

The three men who have been convicted of various crimes including robbery and possession of firearms made their getaway in the early hours of Friday morning. The maximum security yard inside Leeuwkop Correctional Facility. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Police have called on the public to come forward with any information that could lead to […]

South Africans had been saddled with stage 2 power cuts since Friday after the power utility experienced multiple breakdowns of its generation units. Picture: Pexels. JOHANNESBURG – Eskom has announced it will down-scale load shedding to stage 1 from Sunday afternoon until 10 pm. South Africans had been saddled with stage 2 power cuts since […]

The victim’s body was found at the start of the weekend. Handcuffs. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – An arrest has been following the murder of a Hawston woman. The victim’s body was found at the start of the weekend. A 20-year-old man is in police custody in connection with the murder of Hawston resident Juanita […]

Cele has revealed that 40 officers and reservists have lost their lives in the line of duty. Police Minister Bheki Cele at a crime summit in Paarl on 14 July 2019. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Sunday said any attack of any officer was an assault of the state and should […]

Mpumalanga SAPS search for suspect who fatally shot actress Thandeka Mdeliswa Mdeliswa best known for her lead role in the SABC 1 popular drama series, Ikani was shot in what her family describes as an act of gender-based violence. Actress Thandeka Mdeliswa. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – Mpumalanga police say they’re searching for the man who […]