Category: SA News

Chaotic scenes erupted outside the Senekal Magistrates Court on Tuesday following a clash between police and farmers in the area. A police vehicle set alight by angry farmers outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola on Wednesday condemned the violence by protesting […]

Magashule ‘ready and available for rumoured warrant of arrest’ – lawyer Ace Magashule on Tuesday told Eyewitness News that he was neither worried nor surprised by reports that a warrant of arrest is headed his way. FILE: ANC secretary general Ace Magashule at the post-NEC media briefing on Tuesday, 30 July 2019, at Luthuli House. […]

The area has been tense especially in recent days after three people were shot dead and eight others were wounded. Hanover Park. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN. CAPE TOWN – Hanover Park residents on Tuesday said that action was needed to combat the ongoing gang war in their community. The area has been tense especially in recent […]

Road closures, traffic delays expected as strike unfolds Traffic disruptions were expected in parts of the Johannesburg CBD and surrounding areas, as well as in Tshwane. Traffic jam on the N1 South on 24 August 2012, after a major accident. Picture: Jacob Moshokoa/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Motorists were on Wednesday advised that several roads would be […]

Televangelist Timothy Omotoso has been behind bars since April 2017 and has tried to get bail on several occasions. A screengrab of Pastor Timothy Omotoso in the Port Elizabeth High Court. CAPE TOWN – The bail application for a pastor accused of using congregants as sex slaves resumed on Wednesday. Televangelist Timothy Omotoso has been […]

It follows David Masoma’s interview with News24 on Tuesday night in which he claimed that religion was being abused at KwaSizabantu. Chilling testimonies about allegations of cultism, abuse and indoctrination at the KwaSizabantu Mission were given in Durban where the CRL Commission is holding hearings on the church, following a media exposé. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN […]

The minister gave an update on developments in the entities of her department, but she also spoke about the allegations reported in the media. Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The board of the Post Office on Tuesday denied […]

This was the word from the South African National Small Bus Operator’s Council, that said it represented most learner transport services contracted by the Western Cape Education Department. Parents in the Overberg town of Botrivier on 6 October 2020 protested following the suspension of a scholar transport service by the Western Cape Education Department. Picture: […]

The NPA on Wednesday briefed Parliament’s justice committee on its annual report for the past year and its performance during the first quarter of this year. FILE: NPA boss Advocate Shamiela Batohi. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN CAPE TOWN – National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi has warned that any cuts to the NPA’s budget would […]

This was despite objections from some in her own mayoral committee and the dismal state of the district’s cash flow. Stanley Khanyile. Picture: Supplied. JOHANNESBURG – Sedibeng District Municipality Mayor Busisiwe Modisakeng has been accused of pushing to give slain municipal manager Stanley Khanyile a send-off similar to that of a State funeral. This was […]