WATCH LIVE: Ramaphosa presents COVID-19 economic recovery plan

President Cyril Ramaphosa is presenting government’s coronavirus economic recovery plan to a joint sitting of Parliament. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa said that despite the lower rate of coronavirus infections in the country, it was too soon declare victory in the fight against COVID-19. Speaking in Parliament where […]

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President Ramaphosa’s economic recovery plan has strong focus on jobs

The president is focusing on four key areas as he tables his economic recovery plan to a joint sitting of Parliament. President Cyril Ramaphosa in the National Assembly. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – South Africans can expect a jobs-focused economic recovery plan when President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a joint sitting of Parliament at 2pm. The […]

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YONELA DIKO: Senekal farmers vs the State: what happened to the New Voortrekker?

OPINION In 1987, after a group of Afrikaner leaders and academics broke rank and went to meet the African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, Senegal, for talks about how to bring democracy and peace in a country that was teetering at the brink of abyss, a new term emerged to define those Afrikaners: the New […]

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Zondo shocked to hear Transnet paid ex-CEO’s court costs after winning case

Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama lost an unfair dismissal dispute and the High Court ordered him to pay the costs to Transnet but instead Transnet decided to pay 75% of his costs. FILE: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – Former Transnet legal head Siyabulela Mapoma said that his superior laughed at him […]

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Motlanthe: Public spats within ANC never shed light on real issues

Former President Kgalema Motlanthe, in response to this week’s clash on social media between Minister Fikile Mbalula and the Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans Associations, said that such incidents were just heated but gave no clarity. FILE: Former President Kgalema Motlanthe. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former President Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday said that public […]

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Desperate SA Express staff turn to Parly for financial compensation

SA Express was placed under business rescue in February and the COVID-19 lockdown on 26 March resulted in the grounding of its fleet. Workers said that they had not received any assistance from the Public Enterprises Department. An SA Express airplane. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – SA Express Airways employees want Parliament to intervene after […]

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Dlamini-Zuma extends national state of disaster for another month

Government has announced the state of disaster will be extended to 15 November, suggesting that the lockdown won’t end until at least then. Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma briefs the nation on regulations under lockdown level 1, which comes into effect at midnight, on Sunday 20 September 2020., Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Cooperative Governance and Traditional […]

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Releasing Agrizzi on bail not in interest of justice, argues State

Angelo Agrizzi has been charged in relation to bribes of R800,000 which were paid to former African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament Vincent Smith, whose case was postponed to 3 December. FILE: Angelo Agrizzi appears in the Randburg Magistrate Court on 27 June 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The State has argued that it […]

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CoCT: Land invaders are stealing housing opportunities from the poor

The City of Cape Town said that the expenditure on security for land invasions was justified. People take their building materials away as workers (not visible), break down uninhabited shacks in Bloekombos, Kraaifontein, in Cape Town on 6 August 2020. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town said that land invaders were […]

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Elton Abrahams sentenced to 20 years in Zelda van Niekerk’s murder case

Abrahams stood guard while Zelda Van Niekerk was robbed and murdered under a bridge along the N1 in the vicinity of Century City but he was charged with common purpose. Murdered biker Zelda van Niekerk. Picture: facebook.com CAPE TOWN – The last of the three men charged with killing a biker along the N1 highway […]

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