Category: SA News

The Butterworth Circuit Court also declared Detective Makazukiswe Sigonya unfit to possess a firearm. Picture: Pixabay.com. CAPE TOWN – An Eastern Cape police constable on Thursday was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend. The Butterworth Circuit Court also declared Detective Makazukiswe Sigonya unfit to possess a firearm. The official was convicted […]

Police divers retrieve bodies of 2 missing Khayelitsha boys (7) from dam Miyolo Gwinta and Linathi Ntshonga’s parents reported them missing about a week ago. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN. CAPE TOWN – Police divers late on Thursday evening retrieved the bodies of two missing Khayelitsha boys from a dam in Mfuleni. Miyolo Gwinta and Linathi Ntshonga’s […]

Although there has been a reprieve for many businesses and households in recent months, Eskom still has to repair problematic power stations – a process that will take a long time. Eskom’s Megawatt Park offices in Sunninghill. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter on Thursday appealed for “patience and understanding” from […]

Siyabonga Mahlangu testified at the state capture commission of inquiry on Friday. A screengrab of former Cabinet minister Malusi Gigaba’s advisor former, Siyabonga Mahlangu, appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on 23 October 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Cabinet minister Malusi Gigaba’s advisor Siyabonga Mahlangu on Friday said he was not involved […]

The two security guards and another worker from the technical services division were arrested earlier this week on Tuesday during an operation between Sanparks and police. FILE: A bull rhino. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Three South African National Parks (Sanparks) staff members have been arrested in connection with rhino poaching at the Kruger National […]

Last June, Jacobus de Wet forgot his mobile phone at a Ballito shop while he was dropping off magazines. CAPE TOWN – A KwaZulu-Natal man has been sentenced to prison for 10 years after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Last June, Jacobus de Wet forgot his mobile phone at a Ballito shop while he […]

Two teens wounded in Elsies River shooting Reports suggest they were on their way to school when a man opened fire. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – Two 15-year-old boys this week survived a shooting incident in Elsies River. Police said they were shot and wounded in Clarkes Estate on Wednesday. Reports suggest they were on […]

The Soweto hospital has been in the spotlight this week after a 16-year-old psychiatric patient was raped allegedly by another patient. Bheki Mlangeni Hospital. Picture: News.gauteng.gov.za JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Department of Health has placed the CEO of the Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital under precautionary transfer. Ruth Mabyana is allegedly implicated in a case of […]

The case against Chivargo Fredericks and Eben Basson has been transferred to the Western Cape High Court. FILE: Emaan Solomons (7) who was caught in gang-crossfire while playing in front of her Ocean View home on 25 February 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN CAPE TOWN – Gangsters accused of firing the shots that killed a seven-year-old […]

Boitumelo Aphane and Solly Monama were arrested in 2018 and kept in jail before judgment was delivered this week. JOHANNESBURG – The High Court in Polokwane has slapped two criminals with a combined 258 years behind bars after they were found guilty of various crimes including cash-in-transit heists. Boitumelo Aphane and Solly Monama were arrested […]