Category: SA News

The party will for the first time elect new leaders thought an IT-based voting system, as the congress will take place virtually. FILE: Democratic Alliance members during the voting session on policies on at the party’s elective congress 8 April 2018. Picture: EWN DURBAN – The Democratic Alliance (DA) said that it was all systems […]

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has outlined plans to steer the province towards a better economic climate and said that the region was now joining hands with civil society and the private sector to reduce poverty and unemployment. FILE: Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said […]

Provincial Treasurer, Parks Tau, said that the process would now follow rule 25 of the ANC constitution in dealing with the two. FILE: Former Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku addressing the media in Johannesburg during a press briefing on 17 July 2020 by the provincial command council on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Sekwetje Mahlamba has been denied bail in the Senekal Magistrates Court, while his co-accused, Sekola Matlaletsa, was released on 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 accused in the […]

Dedre van Rooyen allegedly manipulated the municipality’s payroll system to loot the funds. Dedre van Rooyen is accused of stealing R3.1 million from the Newcastle Municipality. Picture: Supplied DURBAN – A municipal employee from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal has been released on R50,000 bail after appearing in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court on fraud charges amounting […]

The minister highlighted that the industry still operated on the fringes of the formal economy and failed to comply with the country’s tax laws and labour laws intended to protect workers. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula at the NW taxi lekgotla on Thursday, 22 October 2020. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on […]

The University of Johannesburg and the Human Sciences Research Council have released findings of its COVID-19 democracy survey. FILE: A Doctors Without Border (MSF) nurse (C) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test during a Ministry of Health screening and testing drive in the Wolhuter men’s hostel in Jeppestown district of Johannesburg, on 14 May 2020. Picture: […]

COVID-19 update: 85 more deaths, 2,055 new cases recorded in SA According to the Department of Health, 2,055 new coronavirus infections were also recorded in the past day bringing the number of cases since the start of the outbreak in March to 708,359. FILE: Teams of field workers in Ekurhuleni District, Glen Marikana Informal settlement […]

The winning lottery results from the Lotto draw on Wednesday, 21 October 2020. JOHANNESBURG – The winning results from the Lotto draw on Wednesday, 21 October 2020. LOTTO: 10, 29, 36,42, 43, 51 B: 19 LOTTO PLUS 1: 9, 13, 14, 26, 28, 49 B: 6 LOTTO PLUS 2: 1, 12, 28, 30, 40, 48 […]

Zweli Mkhize, who is himself recovering from the Coronavirus in quarantine with his wife, revealed how the Western Cape saw a 42% rise in infections in just the last week. JOHANNESBURG – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday said reminding South Africans about a resurgence of COVID-19 infections is not meant to scare the country, […]