Civil society groups demand govt extend and increase R350 relief grant

Close to 80 organisations said the COVID-19 social relief of distress grant and the caregivers grant must be extended until the country had a comprehensive plan for guaranteed basic incomes. FILE: Social distancing is enforced at a shopping centre where social grant recipients are collecting their payouts on 30 March 2020. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter CAPE TOWN […]

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Mosebenzi Zwane’s state capture testimony raises more questions than answers

Former Free State Human Settlements MEC Mosebenzi Zwane is back at the commission to testify about a R1 billion low-cost housing project. A screengrab of former Cabinet minister and former Free State Housing MEC Mosebenzi Zwane appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johannesburg on 25 September 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – The state capture […]

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Parktown Boys principal Malcolm Williams fired by GDE after Enock Mpianzi death

Pupil Enock Mpianzi (13) drowned in the Crocodile River at a lodge in the North West while on a school orientation camp. Enock Mpianzi, the 13-year-old Parktown Boys’ High pupil who drowned during a school camp at the Nyati lodge in the North West. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) […]

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He’s out of line: MKMVA’s Niehaus responds to Mbalula’s scathing tweets

In a series of tweets the Transport Minister shared his views on those complaining about him claiming the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa was their milking cow and that his sin was closing the taps for their fake security companies. FILE: Carl Niehaus, spokesperson of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association, led supporters […]

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ANCYL in Gauteng defends Makhura as Denosa calls for him to go on special leave

In a statement on Monday, the league said the nurses’ union’s calls for Gauteng Premier David Makhura to step aside were ill-informed and irrational. FILE: Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Gauteng has defended Premier David Makhura as the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa […]

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Police fire rubber bullets at striking Bolt drivers along William Nicol Drive

The group stormed the company’s offices in Bryanston on Monday and blocked its main entrance, calling on management to hear their grievances. Bolt SA drivers protesting at the e-hailing service’s offices in Bryanston on 12 October 2020. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Police have fired rubber bullets at striking e-hailing divers along William Nicol Drive. […]

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WC Police Ombud probes Anti-Gang Unit for police brutality, unethical conduct

The unit was launched in November 2018 to deal with gangsterism in Cape Town. FILE: Members of the SA Police Service’s Anti-Gang Unit are seen in Hanover Park, Cape Town, during the launch of the specialised unit on 2 November 2018. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape Police Ombudsman is investigating the Anti-Gang […]

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Mosebenzi Zwane to Zondo: We did not knowingly violate procurement processes

On Monday Mosebenzi Zwane continued giving evidence at the state capture commission where he spoke about how disqualified contractors were given contracts as part of a R1 billion housing project. FILE: Mosebenzi Zwane outside the state capture commission on 19 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Former Free State Human Settlements MEC Mosebenzi Zwane […]

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Madonsela: Spending on security for executive should be shifted to the poor

Thuli Madonsela said the state should focus on social assistance during these tough economic times and should redirect its spending from things such as security to more important needs. Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. Picture: EWN. CAPE TOWN – Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said government needed to revisit its spending on things like security […]

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Top cop Sithole rallies behind rooting out of corruption within the SAPS

Deputy National Police Commissioner Bonang Mgwenya is one of 13 people accused of swindling the police out of millions of rands over a tender to supply emergency warning equipment. National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – National Police Commissioner Khehla Sithole said he supported the rooting out of corruption within the ranks of […]

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