Category: SA News

The young woman was attacked on school property in March, but the crime only came to light now. CAPE TOWN – Police in the Northern Cape are investigating the rape of a 17-year-old pupil at a Kimberley high school. The young woman was attacked on school property in March, but the crime only came to […]

The accused made a brief appearance in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on Thursday. Seven suspects arrested in connection with the multibillion-rand VBS heist appeared in the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court on 8 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The case involving seven suspects arrested in connection with the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank […]

Details around the crime are still sketchy, but the woman is said to have been attacked at the KwaMakhuta station late last month. CAPE TOWN – Police watchdog Ipid on Thursday said it was investigating the rape of a woman while she was in custody at a KwaZulu-Natal police station. Details around the crime are […]

Tito Mboweni is expected to use the occasion to chart a way forward for the country’s economic recovery. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Picture: @TreasuryRSA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament on 21 October. The National Assembly’s programming committee agreed to the date when it […]

Earlier on Thursday, a motorcade of supporters gathered at the Grasmere Toll Plaza, driving slowly to the CBD to deliver a memorandum of grievances in relation to how Ace Magashule was being treated. FILE: ANC secretary general Ace Magashule. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – A group of African National Congress (ANC) members have gathered outside […]

These laboratory-analysed tests determine if a person has contracted the coronavirus and in response developed antibodies to fight the disease. CAPE TOWN – Dis-Chem pharmacy’s drive-through clinics are now offering COVID-19 antibody blood tests. These laboratory-analysed tests determine if a person has contracted the coronavirus and in response developed antibodies to fight the disease. The […]

The Zuma Foundation has responded to the notice and he’s again is calling the commission biased and political. Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 17 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former President Jacob Zuma said the Zondo commission’s notice formally informing him about an application for his subpoena on […]

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COVID-19 update: 145 new deaths, 1,913 infections confirmed in 24 hours According to the department of health, as of Wednesday, 1,913 new infections were picked up, pushing the number of known cases in the country since the start of the outbreak to 685, 155. FILE: A City of Tshwane Health official takes a nasal swab […]

Cosatu has had a fractious relationship with the minister since his appointment after his department adopted an austerity budget, which seeks to slash the public service wage bill R160 billion in the next three years. Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi leads the march to Treasury in Pretoria for the national strike on 7 October 2020. Picture: […]