Category: SA News

The 21-year-old mother of twins said she was sitting with four friends and two children in front of her flat when the shooting happened. Hanover Park. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN. CAPE TOWN – A Hanover Park mother is still reeling after she and her six-year-old daughter were shot and wounded. The incident happened in Galilee Court […]

Leonard Mzingeli is accused of killing 17-year-old Amahle Quku, whose body was found dumped in the Siyahlala informal settlement in Browns Farm days after she was last seen by her family in June. Amahle Quku. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – The case against a man accused of the murder of a teenage girl from Philippi […]

The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) started valuing the assets in Bloemfontein soon after the seven accused were charged at the local magistrates court last Friday. Seven suspects accused of multimillion rand tender corruption appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on 2 October 2020. The accused, who face around 60 charges, are alleged to have fraudulently […]

Roads in the Johannesburg CBD, parts of Soweto and Roodepoort were left flooded when a thunderstorm moved through the province. JOHANNESBURG – The SA Weather Service is warning Gauteng residents to expect another rainy day, and motorists are being urged to avoid low lying areas that are prone to flooding. Parts of the city were […]

This according to former Eskom consultant Nicholas Linnell, who gave evidence at the state capture commission on Monday. A screengrab shows former Eskom consultant Nicholas Linell testifying via video link at the state capture inquiry on 9 September 2020. Picture: SABC Digital/YouTube CAPE TOWN – The state capture commission on Monday heard how former South […]

When the final term of Parliament starts today, it will be almost eight months since members held meetings in the same venue and not virtually. Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – The ANC says Parliament is almost 100% ready for members and party staff to return to Cape Town. […]

In a historic show of unity, the two biggest labour federations in the country, Cosatu and Saftu – who collectively represent close to three million workers, will be embarking on a national strike against corruption and unemployment. Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. JOHANNESBURG – South Africans have been warned by trade unions in the country […]

A report from the provincial Treasury, seen by Eyewitness News, recommended that the executive invoke Section 139. FILE: The Mahikeng local municipal council. Picture: @MahikengLM/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the North West on Monday said an attempt by the governing African National Congress (ANC) to place 12 municipalities under administration would further […]

Lungisa is serving a two-year jail sentence at a prison in Grahamstown after he assaulted a DA councillor with a glass jug in 2016. FILE: Andile Lungisa. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – Convicted criminal and Nelson Mandela Bay councillor, Andile Lungisa, has retracted his remarks casting aspersions on the impartiality of the supreme court of Appeal […]

Ngobeni, Panday, and two others are accused of manipulating tender processes during the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and co-accused Aswin Narainpersad appeared in court on 5 October 2020 on fraud and corruption charges linked to a R47 million police tender during the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup. Picture: Nkosikhona […]