Category: SA News

About 2,000 disgruntled employees abandoned their posts last Tuesday, demanding a 16% wage increase. JOHANNESBURG – The General Industrial Workers’ Union of South Africa (Giwusa) said that it was intensifying its strike across all operations at Clover South Africa. About 2,000 disgruntled employees abandoned their posts last Tuesday, demanding a 16% wage increase. However, Clover […]

It is understood that officers caught the 37-year-old man following a high-speed chase on Sunday morning. CAPE TOWN – City of Cape Town traffic officials have arrested a suspect found with twelve firearms in Killarney. It is understood that officers caught the 37-year-old man following a high-speed chase on Sunday morning. He escaped from a […]

One body was recovered from the river bank while four others are still missing. The police’s water wing conduct a search and rescue operation on 18 October 2020 for the missing passengers of a boat that capsized in the Vaal River Spider Valley on 17 October 2020. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – Search operations for four […]

Police said a member of the public found the lifeless body and alerted law enforcement authorities. CAPE TOWN – A woman’s body on Saturday night was discovered in an open field in Delft. Police said a member of the public found the lifeless body and alerted law enforcement authorities. Officers were piecing evidence together investigating […]

The ANC is facing yet another headache as a group of ANCYL members from all nine provinces were now heading to court in an attempt to wrestle back control of the league. Members of the ANCYL crisis committee holding a media briefing outside Luthuli House on 18 October 2020. Picture: @NoncebaMhlauli/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – An African […]

The children’s grandmother made the gruesome discovery in their home in QwaQwa on Saturday. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. JOHANNESBURG – A Free State mother and her four children have died after she allegedly poisoned the minors and herself. The children’s grandmother made the gruesome discovery in their home in QwaQwa on Saturday. The 29-year-old woman […]

The iconic free, open-air concert draws a crowd of about 100,000 revellers to the Cape Town CBD every year and sets the tone for festive season celebrations. FILE: The City of Cape Town’s annual festive lights switch on on 3 December 2017. Picture: EWN. CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has cancelled […]

The minister on Sunday was joined by a panel during a webinar that discussed critical issues related to the taxi industry. FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula unveils taxi relief support and economic stimulus for transport entities. Picture: Twitter/@EsethuOnDuty JOHANNESBURG – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Sunday led a discussion about critical issues related to the […]

It is understood that a boat carrying seven people capsized on the river near Spider Valley on Saturday. A boat carrying seven people capsized on the Vaal River near Spider Valley on Saturday. Picture: @ER24EMS/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Five people are believed to have drowned and four others critically injured in two separate boating accidents on […]

To date, the number of recoveries now stand at 630,436 which translates to a recovery rate of 90%. FILE: A professional healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) monitors a patient in a tent dedicated to the treatment of possible COVID-19 coronavirus patients at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria on 10 July 2020. Picture: […]