Category: SA News

Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba are applying for bail at the magistrates court after they were charged with killing the farm manager and tying him to a fence. ANC members outside the Senekal Magistrates Court on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN SENEKAL – The Senekal Magistrates Court has heard how police found pants with […]

Eskom acting head of legal, Bartlett Hewu, said that they had managed to recoup some money from other contracts. Eskom’s Megawatt Park offices in Johannesburg on 12 March 2015. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Eskom said that it was making progress in efforts to recover billions in contract overpayments. The power utility on Friday briefed […]

This comes after a three-year legal battle over claims that she leaked Tshwane caucus information to EFF leader Julius Malema. Nkele Molapo. Picture: LinkedIn JOHANNESBURG – The DA has terminated the membership of Nkele Molapo following a three-year legal battle over claims that she leaked Tshwane caucus information to EFF leader Julius Malema. In a […]

The red beret leader addressed scores of supporters who arrived earlier on Friday morning in response to his call to defend state property. EFF leader Julius Malema leads a protest in the town of Senekal in the Free State on 16 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN SENEKAL – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema […]

The Western Cape Social Development Department said hunger was a very real problem, especially with many losing their jobs this year. CAPE TOWN – It’s World Food Day and this year’s theme is: “Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.” The Western Cape Social Development Department said hunger was a very real problem, […]

Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba have been applying for bail after they were charged with Horner’s death. Demonstrators carry placards during a demonstration against farm attacks in Senekal, South Africa, on 16 October 2020, ahead of the appearance of suspects in the Senekal Magistrates Court for the murder case of 22-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner. […]

The Western Cape Transport Department said that the traffic cop had been in service since 2016 and was stationed in Worcester. CAPE TOWN – An on-duty traffic officer who was responding to a crime scene has been killed in a crash near Worcester. It happened on Thursday on the R43 between Villiersdorp and Worcester. The […]

5 more suspects arrested for murder of Normandien farm couple Police said that this followed the initial arrest of a suspect who confessed to the murder. Signs at a farm in Normandien, Newcastle, in KwaZulu-Natal where Glen and Vida Rafferty were killed in August. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Five more suspects have been arrested […]

Interim results from the WHO’s Solidarity Therapeutics Trial show four drugs in a multinational study have little or no effect on 28-day mortality or the in-hospital clinical outcomes of severely ill, hospitalised COVID-19 patients. CAPE TOWN – A South African medical expert said more drug therapies should be investigated for the treatment of COVID19. Interim […]

Forty-seven South Africans are among those being rescued after the geo searcher hit a rock and started taking on water on Thursday. The SA Agulhas II. Picture: South African National Antarctic Programme. DURBAN – A South African research vessel, the SA Agulhas II, is making its way to Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean […]