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The protesters stormed the court cells where two suspects were being held for the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. A police vehicle set alight by angry farmers outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – A suspect has been arrested in connection with violence at the Senekal Magistrates Court […]

Workers marched through the Pretoria CBD most of the day to register their discontent with the current state of the economy, lack of an efficient public transport system and non-payment of public sector wage increases, among other issues. Workers affiliated to different trade unions marched in Pretoria from Burgerspark to the Treasury in Pretoria on […]

Bongani Makasi was shot and killed in Zwelitsha last weekend. FILE: Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – Police are still hunting down the gunmen who killed a Nyanga man. Bongani Makasi was shot and killed in Zwelitsha last weekend. Makasi was shot seven times. He was with a group of people sitting in a shack, yet […]

Phillip Truter appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering. Former VBS Bank chief financial officer Phillip Truter in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 7 October 2020. Picture: NPA. JOHANNESBURG – The NPA said former VBS Bank chief […]

From Wednesday afternoon, Cabinet will be holding a virtual lekgotla, with economic recovery top of the agenda. FILE: Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said Cabinet’s two-day lekgotla would focus on how to rebuild the country’s economy following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

That’s the view of MPs serving on the public works oversight committee which has inspected the controversial infrastructure. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Hon Patricia De Lille tabling her department budget vote in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @DepPublicWorks/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Lawmakers say Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille must be charged […]

Cricket star Vernon Philander’s brother fatally shot in Ravensmead The shooting took place on the corner of 7th Avenue and Webner Street earlier on Wednesday and the shooter is still at large. Proteas bowler Vernon Philander. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN – The Ravensmead Community Policing Forum has confirmed cricket star Vernon Philander’s brother has been […]

Cynthia Seopa, an immigration official at Home Affairs, said government had taken food out of their children’s mouths. Workers affiliated to different trade unions marched from Burgerspark to the Treasury in Pretoria on 7 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN PRETORIA – South Africa’s main four federations have managed to show that there is strength in […]

Your Thursday EWN Weather Watch. JOHANNESBURG – The first week of October seems to be a rainy week for Gauteng as more thundershowers can be expected in the province, with generally mild temperatures on Thursday. GAUTENG: Johannesburg and Vereeniging will both see a high of 23°C, while Pretoria will have an overnight low of 14°C […]

Phillip Truter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with three years suspended after he pleaded guilty to fraud, money launder and racketeering. Former VBS Bank chief financial officer Phillip Truter in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 7 October 2020. Picture: NPA. JOHANNESBURG – Convicted former VBS Mutual Bank CFO Phillip […]