Category: SA News

President Cyril Ramaphosa conceded that while many aspects of the plan were not new, a more careful reading would show a new resolve and determination to implement the changes needed. President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a joint sitting of Parliament on 15 October 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa has given political parties […]

Former electrical engineer Francis Callard earlier told the commission that Yousuf Laher was responsible for a R1 billion increase in the 100 locomotives contract in 201 and he instructed him to draft a memorandum for the increase. A screengrab of Transnet finance executive Yousuf Laher appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on 21 […]

Mike Mabuyakhulu and embattled former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede, were ordered to step aside in August. Both are facing corruption charges. KZN ANC deputy chairperson Mike Mabuyakhulu. Picture: @ANCKZN/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has reinstated its deputy chairperson, Mike Mabuyakhulu. He and embattled former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede, were ordered […]

GALLERY: ECG faithful support and pray for Prophet Bushiri at court Eyewitness News | Members of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) came out in support of self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri, and his wife Mary Bushiri, who appeared at the Pretoria Magistrates Court on 21 October 2020 on fraud and money laundering charges.

Drunk school transport driver suspended after letting pupil drive bus A video shows him drinking alcohol and allowing the pupil to take the wheel of the school bus, which was packed with children. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – A scholar transport driver in the Eastern Cape is in hot water after he apparently allowed a […]

A group of Nigerians based in South Africa are set to join the #endsars protests in solidarity with those caught in the crossfire on Tuesday night. Protesters gather in Lagos on October 20, 2020, after the Governor of Lagos Statedeclared 24-hour curfew in Lagos as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked the country. […]

As part of the facility’s bicentennial celebrations this week, astrophysicists and other delegates gathered at the SAAO’s site in Observatory on Tuesday. Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: @HigherEduGovZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) has been unveiled as a National Heritage Site. As part of the facility’s bicentennial celebrations this week, […]

Treasury said, “it’s the prerogative of the ministry who he appoints to his team as per the prescripts of the Ministerial Handbook”. Ranjeni Munusamy. Picture: @RanjeniM/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Ranjeni Munusamy, former senior journalist from the Tiso Blackstar Group, was appointed in the Ministry of Finance as a community outreach officer. Treasury responded to public criticism […]

On Monday, the gang targeted two security cash vans. The suspects blew open the back of one of the vehicles. CAPE TOWN – A police officer in the Eastern Cape has killed following a high-speed chase with robbers in the Port St Johns area. On Monday, the gang targeted two security cash vans. The suspects […]

MMC Moerane sends condolences to family of child (9) electrocuted in Rabie Ridge The child was electrocuted last week after coming into contact with an illegal power connection running alongside the family’s shack in the Kinana informal settlement. FILE: City Power officials on 3 June 2020 disconnected illegal electricity connections at Phumula Mqashi informal settlement […]