Category: SA News

Masonwabe Njarha started calling and sending Hombakazi Gaga messages threatening to kill her, prompting her to report the situation to the police. CAPE TOWN – An Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to life and 10 years imprisonment for murdering his ex-girlfriend and attempting to kill her boyfriend. Masonwabe Njarha was sentenced in the Peddie […]

WATCH LIVE: Ramaphosa answers questions in NCOP President Cyril Ramaphosa is having a question and answer session in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a joint sitting of Parliament on 15 October 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa is having a question and answer session in the National […]

Josiah Kizito and his wife Henrietta Mukengeshayi are facing charges for violating the Health Professions Act, fraud, forgery, money laundering, and uttering. CAPE TOWN – Two alleged bogus doctors on Monday appeared in the Butterworth Magistrates Court. Josiah Kizito and his wife Henrietta Mukengeshayi are facing charges for violating the Health Professions Act, fraud, forgery, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday revealed the bronze statue of Oliver Tambo which stands nine metres tall in the outside arena of the OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park. The unveiling of the new statue of Oliver Tambo. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said that it was important that […]

The call comes amid rising temperature’s leading to higher water usage across the country. CAPE TOWN – The Department of Water & Sanitation has reiterated its call to residents to use water sparingly. The call comes amid rising temperature’s leading to higher water usage. The main storage dams of the Western Cape water supply system […]

Five men appeared in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday in connection with the footballer’s murder. Five suspects – Khulela Themba Sibiya, Bongani Sandiso Ntanzi, Mthobisi Chris Mncube, Mthokoziseni Zifozonke Mapisa and Sifiso Ntuli – appeared at the Boksburg Magistrates Court on 27 October 2020. They are charged with the 2014 murder of Bafana Bafana […]

The court ruled against the Gauteng government’s appeal application of an earlier decision that set aside its actions. FILE: Democratic Alliance interim leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Alliance (DA) has described Tuesday’s judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal enforcing the reinstatement of the dissolved Tshwane municipal council as a […]

Gumede is among 10 members in KZN facing criminal charges who were asked to step aside from their positions following a decision by the ANC national executive committee (NEC). Former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede (centre) and and some of her co-accused appear in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on 10 September 2020 on charges relating […]

Police said that 28 people had now been arrested in connection with the matter and 17 were police officers. Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService. CAPE TOWN – Two police station commanders have been arrested in Gauteng in connection with firearms licencing fraud and corruption. The office of the national police commissioner has revealed that members of the Western […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula made an error in judgement when she allowed the ANC to hitch a lift to Zimbabwe. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the country’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on 15 October 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the African National Congress (ANC) […]