WATCH LIVE: Malema, Ndlozi set to testify at assault trial

WATCH LIVE: Malema, Ndlozi set to testify at assault trial EFF leader Julius Malema and his co-accused Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are expected to take the stand in a Joburg Magistrates Court. EFF leader Julius Malema (in red tie) at the Randburg Magistrates court on 28 October 2020 where he and EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi are on […]

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Court papers reveal how Bongo allegedly looted money meant for housing

The problem was the land wasn’t suitable for housing. FILE: Home Affairs committee chairperson Bongani Bongo. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – Papers filed in the Nelspruit Magistrates Court outline how exactly African National Congress (ANC) MP Bongani Bongo and his co-accused allegedly spent money allocated to buy land for housing. The problem was the land wasn’t […]

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Opposition parties dismayed by SAA’s costly bailout from govt

The DA says Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has abandoned his commitment to stop costly cash lifelines. South African Airways planes. Picture: Facebook.com CAPE TOWN – Funding for state-owned entities has caused consternation among opposition parties. On Wednesday, it was announced that South African Airways (SAA) was to get a generous bailout from government. The Democratic […]

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Give us one more chance, say SAA staff to citizens

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has announced that government has allocated another R10.5 billion to the broke airline. JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) staff are calling on citizens to give the failed airline “one more chance” after the backlash over government’s latest decision to allocate billions more of taxpayers rands to SAA. Finance Minister Tito […]

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Health MEC blasts Mboweni for Tygerberg Hospital ‘racially segregated’ claim

MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said Tygerberg Hospital and staff who work there served the whole community and province. Tygerberg Hospital. Picture: Western Cape Government CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo on Wednesday said she was dismayed by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni‘s claim that Tygerberg Hospital was racially segregated. Mboweni made the remark during […]

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Unions angry over Mboweni’s bid for 3-year wage freeze for state workers

The trade unions have stopped short of calling Mboweni a liar, saying that his assurances that labour was being consulted about the three-year wage freezes were untrue. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Medium-Term Budget Policy Speech in Parliament on 28 October 2020 in Cape Town. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Public sector unions say Finance […]

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Taxi lekgotla to proceed as scheduled, self-isolating Mbalula to join virtually

This comes after an announcement from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office that he’s in self-isolation after a guest he’d attended a dinner with over the weekend tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula addressing the media on 16 September 2020 at the launch of Prasa’s integrated security plan in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. […]

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Malema, Ndlozi lawyer try to portray Venter as an unreliable witness

The red beret’s legal team has resumed its cross-examination of the police officer who’s accused them of assault. EFF leader Julius Malema outside the Randburg Magistrates Court on Thursday, 29 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Randburg Magistrates Court is hearing a back-and-forth about whether Julius Malema and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi‘s vehicle formed part […]

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I have no regrets working with the Guptas – Duduzane Zuma

Zuma, in an interview with Newzroom Afrika on Thursday morning, said people had what he called ‘a crazy infatuation’ with his former business associates. FILE: Duduzane Zuma at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on 8 October 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma on Thursday maintained he […]

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Civil servants to govt: We’ll down tools if salary increases are frozen

COVID-19 and the lockdown have crushed many companies, leaving the already battered economy in a difficult position to recover. FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal on 19 May 2015. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – Civil servants have threatened to go on a national strike if government’s plans to freeze […]

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