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The report makes proposals to reinvigorate the country’s industrialisation aspirations, Cabinet said on Thursday. JOHANNESBURG – Cabinet has approved the publication of a report by the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the Government Gazette. The report makes proposals to reinvigorate the country’s industrialisation aspirations, Cabinet said on Thursday. The report comes […]

The president delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address on Thursday under the theme ‘Celebrating South Africa’s Living Human Treasures’. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged South Africans to use Heritage Day to reclaim their identity and re-establish the spirit of Ubuntu as a nation. The president […]

The suspended health MEC gave Bloom 24 hours to retract his statement regarding the admission of patients at the Nasrec field hospital. FILE: Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku addressing the media in Johannesburg during a press briefing on 17 July 2020. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku has threatened the […]

The group has been known to terrorise civilians across Johannesburg, carrying out crimes ranging from hijackings and targeting residents at gunpoint. Four suspects were arrested outside The Nicol in Bedfordview on 24 September 2020 in connection with high end jewellery robberies. Picture: Supplied. JOHANNESBURG – Four suspects were arrested in Bedfordview on Thursday evening in […]

EWN has heard at least two voice messages circulating on social media, indicating that certain groups had met and agreed to stage protests against the presence of foreign nationals in the country. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN. DURBAN – Police in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday vowed to clamp down on lawlessness after receiving a tip-off on violent threats […]

The recovery rate stands at 89.3%, meaning that almost 596,000 people have so far recovered. Gauteng healthcare workers screening Alexandra residents for coronavirus (COVID-19) on 31 March 2020 following the roll out of massive community screenings and testing programmes by the provincial executive council. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Seventy-seven more people have died in […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that South Africa comes from a history of prejudice and exclusion, and said that since democracy in 1994, the country had worked to transform its heritage landscape. President Cyril Ramaphosa during his address on COVID-19 measures on 16 September 2020. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown his weight […]

The country has been battling ongoing vandalism on public infrastructure for some time now. A bag of copper cable recovered in a joint police operation to clampdown on crime affecting the country’s railway network on 11 September 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – With suspects arrested in connection with the theft of copper cables on the […]

The Health Ministry says 1,906 new infections were picked up over the past day, pushing the number of known cases in this country to 665,000. This undated handout picture courtesy of the British Health Protection Agency shows the coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. Picture: AFP. JOHANNESBURG – Eighty-eight more people have died in South […]

The Jacob Zuma Foundation said deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had already made up his mind that he would treat the former president harshly out of self-interest to advance his career. FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 19 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – The Jacob Zuma Foundation has […]