Category: SA News

They are threatening to embark on a full-blown national strike soon. Bolt SA drivers protesting at the e-hailing service’s offices in Bryanston on 12 October 2020. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN JOHANNESBURG – E-hailing drivers have accused Bolt of misleading them. Drivers embarked on a strike last week, saying that they were sick and tired of being […]

Contralesa has given the green light for the traditional right of passage for boys to resume in December. FILE: A Xhosa initiate stands during a traditional initiation process in a rural hut on 11 July 2017 in the Coffee Bay area in Umtata, South Africa. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – The Congress of Traditional Leaders of […]

The Addo area has been the scene of 14 out of the province’s 74 farm attacks that occurred during the 2019/20 fiscal year. Police car/van. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape said that urgent intervention was needed to address the escalating farm attacks in the province. In the […]

The Kraaifontein boy was shot and killed following an alleged gang-related shooting earlier this month. Duran Visagie. Picture: Supplied. CAPE TOWN – Loved ones of the slain 11-year-old Duran Visagie gathered this weekend to bid their final farewell to him. The Kraaifontein boy was shot and killed following an alleged gang-related shooting earlier this month. […]

After searching the warder’s vehicle, security officials seized 120 mandrax pills, 13 cellular starterpacks, a cell phone and other mobile items. CAPE TOWN – A Port Elizabeth prison warder will appear in court on Monday after he was caught trying to smuggle contraband into St Albans Prison. On Friday, security officials attached to the national […]

It is understood that the driver of a speeding vehicle lost control and rammed into an oncoming vehicle. JOHANNESBURG – Three people have been killed and two others injured in a head-on collision on the R81 between Mooketsi and Giyani in Limpopo. It is understood that the driver of a speeding vehicle lost control and […]

They were then accosted by three men who threatened them at gunpoint and robbed them of their belongings. A fire engine. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/EWN CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town has appealed to the public to come forward and report any information regarding an attack on firefighters in Kraaifontein. The incident occurred in […]

Groblersdal Station Commander Jeffery Seroka died after coming under a hail of bullets just outside his home on Saturday. Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService. JOHANNESBURG – Police in Limpopo are on the lookout for a group of suspects responsible for the killing of a senior officer in Dennilton. Groblersdal Station Commander Jeffery Seroka died after coming under a […]

It is understood the pair came under attack in Marina De Gama. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – An elderly couple was attacked in their home in Muizenberg on Saturday morning. A 66-year-old woman was killed while a 72-year-old man was in a critical condition in hospital. He found lying outside the house with […]

Authorities recovered the body of a man at Mnandi Beach on Friday after he went missing at sea last Sunday. CAPE TOWN – The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has recorded two drownings at sea – one at Mnandi Beach, another in Milnerton – while the search continues for a missing boy. Authorities recovered the […]