Category: SA News

As businesses felt the crunch of the coronavirus lockdown, tens of thousands of people looked to the UIF for financial help. FILE: Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi. Picture: @deptoflabour/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on Tuesday said more than R20 billion in Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) funds have been paid […]

The late SAHRC deputy chairperson died on Saturday at the age of 76. Late human rights lawyer Priscilla Jana. Picture: @GJFras/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a special provincial official funeral for the late human rights lawyer Priscilla Jana. The late South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) deputy chairperson died on Saturday at […]

Nkele Molapo recalled one specific day where she received a lift from Solly Msimanga following a debate in Pretoria when he allegedly made his move in his car outside her house. Solly Msimanga. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – A woman who laid a sexual harassment complaint against Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng interim leader, Solly Msimanga, on […]

Glen Snyman is an outspoken critic of race classification and is the founder of an organisation called People Against Race Classification. Glen Snyman is the founder of an organisation called People Against Race Classification. He is pictured with Helen Zille. Picture: People Against Race Classification/Facebook JOHANNESBURG – A Western Cape teacher has reportedly been summoned […]

State capture commission hearing testimony from former Transnet head of legal The commission says Advocate Siyabulela Mapoma was involved in processes that included disciplinary hearings and the controversial reinstatement of former CEO Siyabonga Gama. Advocate Siyabulela Xhanti Mapoma during the interviews for the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) at the Union Buildings on 14 […]

State prosecutors told the court on Wednesday they had experienced difficulties with accessing their offices due to COVID-19, and they had not shared critical documents with Smith’s lawyers. Former ANC MP Vincent Smith during a media briefing in Kempton Park, Johannesburg 24 June 2018. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Wednesday […]

The department said pupils showing COVID-19 symptoms like a persistent fever would not be allowed to write the final paper this year. Matric pupils writing exams. Image: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – With just three weeks to go before some matrics will sit for the first final exam papers, preparations were underway to make more space available […]

That means the municipality could be in violation of the Municipal Systems Act, which states that excess staff should not surpass 21. FILE: Samwu-affiliated workers gather outside the Ugu District Municipality offices demanding that the mayor addresses them on 30 January 2020. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN DURBAN – A report commissioned by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of […]

The current state of disaster ends on Thursday and it was not yet clear if it would be extended. DURBAN – Some homeless people in eThekwini on Tuesday told Eyewitness News that they fear that the easing of lockdown regulations would result in disinvestment by the eThekwini Municipality and NGOs from shelters set up in […]

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is leading the probe and it came as government appeared to be upping the ante in its war on corruption. Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Picture: @OscarMabuyane/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has received an updated report on the probe into corruption allegations involving provincial government employees, […]