Wine industry running at R7.5bn loss due to COVID-19 – Wosa

Wines of South Africa (Wosa) said that the losses were due to lockdown bans on sales and exports and alcohol sales were still not allowed over weekends under Level 1 lockdown. CAPE TOWN – The wine industry is running at a R7.5 billion loss due to COVID-19. Wines of South Africa (Wosa) said that the […]

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Family of slain Duran Visagie never imagined he’d be gang violence statistic

Visagie was caught in the crossfire of an alleged gang shooting in Kraaifontein earlier this month. A cross and flowers stands at the spot where Duran Visagie was caught in the crossfire of an alleged gang shooting. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN CAPE TOWN – The relatives of 11-year-old Duran Visagie said that they never imagined that […]

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SA revises list of high-risk COVID-19 countries down to 22

The United States, United Kingdom and France are still included on the list. Passengers are welcomed by family and friends after the first international flight touched down at the Cape Town International Airport on 1 October 2020 after the South Africa government eased a coronavirus travel ban. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Home Affairs has […]

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Mkhwanazi: I didn’t know how much Gama’s settlement would cost Transnet

Former Transnet board chair Mafika Mkhwanazi on Monday said that when he negotiated and agreed to pay Siyabonga Gama’s settlement, he didn’t know how much it would cost Transnet. A screenshot of former Transnet board chair Mafika Mkhwanazi at the state capture commission on Friday 16 October 2020. Picture: SABC Digital News/Youtube JOHANNESBURG – Former […]

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GALLERY: Free State ANC members demand accountability from Luthuli House

GALLERY: Free State ANC members demand accountability from Luthuli House Xanderleigh Dookey | ANC members from the Free State marched to Luthuli House in Johannesburg on 19 October 2020. The members, many of whom are beneficiaries of the failed Estina Dairy Farm project, said they wanted corrupt people in the ANC to be held accountable for the […]

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2 children die in fire at Blue Downs informal settlement

The bodies of two boys, aged 4 and 23-months-old, were discovered. FILE: Remains of a mattress following a shack fire. Picture: EWN. CAPE TOWN – Two children have died in a fire in the Blue Downs area. Firefighters responded to reports of an informal structure alight in the Bardale informal settlement just after 1pm on […]

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ANC assures FS members it will address concerns over asbestos, Estina projects

Members were protesting outside the ANC’s headquarters at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Monday. ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe accepts a memorandum of demands from protesting Free State ANC members at the party’s Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on 19 October 2020. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) has assured its Free […]

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Untu welcomes digitisation of CT rail network, warns more work needs to be done

Untu’s Sonja Castens said that while there was this great digital system in place, not all trains were linked to it because the moderisation of signaling was years behind. Prasa’s Bellville Rail Management and Traffic Control Centre was launched on 16 October 2020 and will oversee all passenger rail operations, improve on-time performance and make […]

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SA planetarium film seeks to draw locals to astronomy research

The 24-minute planetarium film takes viewers on a journey of how astronomy research has evolved and what the future holds for this natural science discipline. Producers of ‘Rising Star’ hope to draw South Africans and international audiences closer to the world of astronomy research being done in the country. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN CAPE TOWN – […]

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KZN primary school suffers 15th break-in since 2018

The principal of Mzwamandla Khanyile Primary School, Roy Ntanzi, said that the school at KwaDabeka near Pinetown had broken doors and windows and had been ransacked. DURBAN – A primary school in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been broken into for the fifteenth time since 2018. The principal of Mzwamandla Khanyile Primary School, Roy Ntanzi, said that […]

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