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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 […]

The committee on Tuesday expressed concerns on the delay, saying it wanted to finalise the controversial R40 million failed Department of Public Works and Infrastructure project. The Beitbridge border post between South African and Zimbabwe. Picture: @HomeAffairsSA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has called on the National Treasury to finalise […]

MKMVA president Kebby Maphatsoe and a grouping called the ANC Youth League crisis committee called for the arrests of farmers who went on the rampage in the Free State on Tuesday. Violent demonstration by a group of farmers outside the Senekal Magistrates Court in the Free State on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – […]

Protests are taking place across SA over corruption, the failing economy, gender-based violence, and government’s non-implementation of this year’s wage hikes for public servants. Cosatu members taking part in a socio-economic strike in Pretoria called by the country’s trade union federations on 7 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG/ CAPE TOWN/ DURBAN – Workers were […]

Chaotic scenes erupted outside the Senekal Magistrates Court on Tuesday following a clash between police and farmers in the area. A police vehicle set alight by angry farmers outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola on Wednesday condemned the violence by protesting […]