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The federation will join forces with Cosatu in strike action against corruption, the state of the economy, joblessness and gender-based violence and femicide, among other issues. FILE: Saftu members march to Parliament in Cape Town in 2018. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has announced its rolling mass-action plans throughout […]

Eyewitness News has seen a report from the provincial government showing its intention to invoke Section 139. FILE: The Mahikeng local municipal council. Picture: @MahikengLM/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Twelve North West municipalities are under threat of being placed under administration. Eyewitness News has seen a report from the provincial government showing its intention to invoke Section […]

Last week, 10 people were attacked in Khayelitsha. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – No arrests have been made in two deadly shootings in communities Cape Town. Last week, 10 people were attacked in Khayelitsha. Six people were killed and four were wounded when gunmen opened fire on people in a house in Site […]

Consultant Nicholas Linnell has told the Zondo Commission how former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni facilitated discussions around affairs at the power utility. Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 17 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN CAPE TOWN – The state capture inquiry has heard how former President Jacob Zuma […]

Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali warned that the country could become a “mafia state” and susceptible to a coup should things continue as they currently are. Cosatu general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Cosatu has described several grave scenarios that could befall South Africa should corruption and maladministration continue in government and […]

The winner – whose identity was withheld – said he decided to tender his resignation with immediate effect after winning R121 million in last week’s Powerball. FILE: A Powerball ticket. Picture: AFP. JOHANNESBURG – The latest Powerball jackpot winner said he’s looking forward to not having to work another day in his life. The 60-year-old […]

Kebby Maphatsoe said the protests were part of a country-wide programme aimed at raising awareness over failed promises made by the African National Congress to ex-combatants. uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association president Kebby Maphatsoe. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Umkhonto we Sizwe president Kebby Maphatsoe has defended demonstrating Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) […]

Two women were found in an informal structure on Friday. Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – Three men appeared in court on Monday morning for allegedly kidnapping two Chinese nationals in Gugulethu. Two women aged 51 and 34 were found in an informal structure on Friday. The older women was dead. The police’s Andre Traut said […]

Mmamonnye Ngobeni and her co-accused Aswin Narianpers handed themselves over to the police on Monday morning after the National Prosecuting Authority secured an arrest warrant against them on Friday. Former KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni and co-accused Aswin Narainpersad appeared in court on 5 October 2020 on fraud and corruption charges linked to a R47 […]

Bombela: Gautrain to operate every 15 mins during peak time amid strike Workers affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa have abandoned their posts calling for a salary hike. FILE: A Gautrain security official is seen standing at the door of the train at the Hatfield Station in Pretoria. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG […]