Category: SA News

This as the party in the province steers yet another scandal with Makhura at the helm amid some calls from in and out of the ANC for him to step aside Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng on Thursday said it continued to have faith in […]

Sekwetje Mahlamba was denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court on Thursday while his co-accused Sekola Matlaletsa was granted R5,000 bail. Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetja Mahlamba, two suspects accused of murdering Brendin Horner at the Senekal Magistrates court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN SENEKAL – Lawyers for one of the men accused of […]

This data was obtained from the University of Johannesburg and Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) COVID-19 Democracy Survey. CAPE TOWN – With over 100 new COVID-19 related deaths in South Africa, four in 10 adults believe the threat of the virus is exaggerated. This data was obtained from the University of Johannesburg and Human Sciences […]

There has been a raging debate over the fate of South African farmers following invasions and killings across the country. JOHANNESBURG – Cabinet has concluded that the killings and maiming of farmers and farm workers throughout the country are a threat to the country’s food security. There has been a raging debate over the fate […]

Operations were conducted in Century City and in the Airport Industria. Police on 21 October 2020 arrested two suspects aged 29 and 45 for the possession of shucked abalone worth an estimated R7 million in Milnerton. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Abalone worth millions of rands has been seized in two separate busts in Cape […]

Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed the Infrastructure Fund would provide a R100 billion in catalytic finance over the next decade. Eskom’s Megawatt Park offices in Johannesburg on 12 March 2015. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Eskom on Thursday said it wanted to spend a R100 billion to expand its transmission grid over the next […]

Two directors of companies that were given the contract were out of the country, but the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the net was closing in on them. Sybil Ngcobo, Mmakgosi Mosupi, Valdis Romaano and Obakeng Mookeletsi appear at the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 22 October 2020 on corruption charges. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG […]

The Social Development Department says 14 million people in South Africa were already food insecure before COVID-19. JOHANNESBURG – With over two million people having lost their jobs and more expected to go hungry due to the lockdown, A local NGO this week said it was working at strengthening partnerships with the public and private […]

Siyabonga Mahlangu played a key role in relaying messages allegedly from the then public enterprises minister and former President Jacob Zuma to officials of SOE to work with the Guptas or their associates. FILE: Former Cabinet Minister Malusi Gigaba. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Former Cabinet minister Malusi Gigaba’s advisor Siyabonga Mahlangu, who has been implicated […]

ECG church members rally outside court for Bushiri & wife’s bail hearing The leaders of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) are facing charges of fraud, money laundering, and contravention of 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 […]