Category: SA News

Revelations include failure to follow adequate procurement processes in the awarding of tenders, nepotism and paying suppliers for incomplete work. 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 Cooperative Governance Department into the […]

Nellie Senwametsi has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty in the Carletonville Magistrate Court of aggravated assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm involving three minors. FILE: Parents gathered outside the Ninnie’s Neurons Nursery School where a teacher was filmed beating children. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Women and […]

The leadership polls, which were set for April, were pushed back due to the COVID-19 breakout in the country. Democratic Alliance (DA) logo. Picture: Democratic Alliance Gauteng Facebook page. JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced the names of candidates vying for leadership positions in the party. This as it prepares for an elective […]

Former Eskom board chair Ben Ngubane said that his predecessor Zola Tsotsi had faced serious allegations, including meddling in operations and misrepresenting information. A screengrab shows former Eskom chair Zola Tsotsi at the state capture inquiry on 9 September 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board chair Ben Ngubane said that his predecessor […]

Cleaner accused of raping woman at COVID-19 facility denied bail Clinton Hartnick appeared in the Mossel Bay Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Picture: 123rf.com CAPE TOWN – A cleaner accused of raping a woman at a COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facility in Mossel Bay has been denied bail. Clinton Hartnick appeared in the Mossel Bay Magistrates […]

There were seventeen ambulances on-site and private ambulances also assisted. CAPE TOWN – More than 60 people were injured on Tuesday when a bus overturned between Laingsburg and Matjiesfontein. There were seventeen ambulances on-site and private ambulances also assisted. Metro EMS’ Deanna Bessick has the details. “Upon arrival, a female was trapped underneath the bus […]

A tip-off led officers attached to the provincial detectives unit to a business park in Ferndale Drive on Tuesday morning. hydroponic dagga lab discovered in Ottery on Tuesday, 13 October 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Police have arrested two suspects after uncovering a hydroponic dagga lab in Ottery. A tip-off led officers attached to […]

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula took to the social media platform on Monday where he attacked Magashule, and Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) leaders and supporters of the former President Jacob Zuma. FILE: ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule said the party will speak […]

Your Wednesday EWN Weather Watch. CAPE TOWN – Clear skies and high temperatures can be expected across most of South Africa on Wednesday, so grab your sunscreen or find some shade because it’s going to be a scorcher. WESTERN CAPE Residents can expect cooler temperatures along the coastal regions but the interior of the province […]

The party’s Geordin Hill-Lewis said that the tracker’s initial assessment showed that 73% of the president’s reforms were yet to move beyond stages of conceptualisation. President Cyril Ramaphosa on 27 August 2020 appeared before the National Assembly in a hybrid plenary session to answer these questions presented for oral reply. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The […]