Category: SA News

The provincial executive committee, in a statement, raised concern over the association being used by ‘dishonest figures’ seeking to score political points. FILE: Members of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association march to Luthuli House. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Associations (MKMVA) provincial executive in the Eastern Cape is […]

The crash involved a minibus taxi and a truck. Thirteen people were killed on 21 October 2020 in a major crash on the R66 between Ulundi and Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: @_ArriveAlive/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Police on Wednesday said that they would launch a high-level investigation looking into Wednesday’s morning’s accident in Ulundi that claimed 13 […]

They’re angry about the widely criticised Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which has been accused of harassment, torture and murders for years now. Hundreds of Nigerian nationals living in South Africa on 21 October 2020 took to the streets of Pretoria in protest against the widely criticised Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) back home. Picture: Veronica Makhoali/EWN. […]

WATCH LIVE: MPs debate Ramaphosa’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan Members of Parliament are debating the COVID-19 economic recovery plan that President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled last week. A National Assembly Hybrid Plenary Sitting in line with COVID-19 regulations on 27 August 2020. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Members of Parliament are debating the COVID-19 economic recovery […]

The commission has been hearing damning testimony this week about what happened at Transnet. A screengrab of former managing director of rail at Hatch, Henk Bester, appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on 20 October 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Hatch project director Henk Bester has told the state capture commission of aggressive […]

Thabong Coal is a subsidiary of Seriti Resources Holdings, which has long-term supply contracts with Eskom. JOHANNESBURG – The Competition Tribunal has dismissed the South African Energy Forum (SAEF)’s application to intervene in a proposed coal mining merger between Thabong Coal and South32 SA Coal Holdings. The Competition Commission had recommended that the tribunal give […]

COVID-19 update: 1,050 new cases recorded, 164 more deaths in SA According to the Department of Health, 1,050 new infections were picked up over the past day pushing the number of known cases since the start of the outbreak in the country to 706,304. FILE: A field worker forms part of a screening and testing […]

EWN brings you the winning PowerBall results. Check to see if you are a winner. JOHANNESBURG – The winning PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results from the Lotto draw on Tuesday, 20 October 2020. PowerBall: 15, 20, 29, 32, 45 B: 4 PowerBall Plus: 16, 18, 30, 31, 37 B: 17 For more details visit the […]

Eskom deliberately cuts power in large parts of Joburg It says the outages are part of its “load reduction timetable” which aims to prevent network overloading in Gauteng communities. Picture: Pexels JOHANNESBURG – Eskom on Wednesday deliberately cut electricity in large parts of Benoni, Brakpan, Nigel and Vosloorus. The power utility said the outages were […]

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says the UIF has so far paid out more than R49 billion in 11 million payments, reaching about five million laid-off workers. Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi delivers his department’s budget vote before MPs in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @deptoflabour/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Employment and Labour Minister Thulas […]