Presidency commits to Wednesday meeting with Nehawu leadership

Nehawu members have been protesting outside the Union Buildings demanding an 8% wage increase and better working conditions for front line workers. Nehawu members picket outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 21 September 2020. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN JOHANNESBURG – Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has assured health workers affiliated to the National Education, […]

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EWN Weather Watch: A cloudy and cool Tuesday, with a few hot spots

The SA Weather Service says we can expect cool and cloudy conditions across most of the country on Tuesday, with a few hot spots in the mix. JOHANNESBURG – The SA Weather Service says we can expect cool and cloudy conditions across most of the country on Tuesday, with some warmer temperatures due in certain […]

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Restaurant association wants to know why nightclubs can’t open under level 1

The country moved to level 1 of the national lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 as of midnight, which allowed more movement and more freedom to citizens and businesses. JOHANNESBURG – With nightclubs still not allowed to operate under lockdown level 1, the Restaurant Association of South Africa is demanding answers. The country moved […]

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UIF confident it now has right data to carry out legitimate TERS payments

The UIF resumed payments on Monday after the scheme was suspended in August due to defects being identified in the controls of the system. The extended UIF call centre in Johannesburg. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it is confident that the data it has collated is up to date […]

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DPE: SA will soon know how the R10 bn needed to revive SAA will be availed

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table an adjustment budget next month where he’s expected to announce where government will get about R10 billion, which will be used to get South African Airways off the ground. FILE:Despite missing a deadline last week to secure R10.4 billion, government has committed that it will never allow SAA to […]

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Treasury ready for legal fight with unions on public service wage hikes

In its responding papers to the Labour Court application made by the unions, Treasury said the workers who had been beneficiaries of decades of above-inflation salary increases should understand the exceptional circumstances in which government found itself. JOHANNESBURG – As public servants unions wait eagerly for the Labour Court to set down a date for […]

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Community members try to get lucky in failed Evaton cash heist

An eyewitness has told EWN that criminals arrived in two vehicles and tried, unsuccessfully, to bomb a cash van in Evaton on Monday afternoon. Bystanders saw this as an opportunity to try their luck. A G4S van. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/ EWN JOHANNESBURG – There appears to have been an attempted cash-in-transit heist in Evaton in […]

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FS housing HoD backtracks on statement about ‘fraudulent spending’ worth R1 bn

He has backtracked on his earlier affidavits where he said the R1 billion spending of a low-cost housing project was a fraudulent scheme. But he has confirmed that more than R400 million was spent in advance and without procurement. Former human settlements Head of Department Nthimose Mokhesi. Picture: YouTube Screenshot JOHANNESBURG – Deputy Chief Justice […]

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HPCSA seeks Ramaphosa intervention in Munshi, Beale culpable homicide case

Dr Peter Beale and the late Dr Abdulhay Munshi were dragged to court on a charge of culpable homicide after the death of a ten-year-old boy following an operation. President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings on 15 August 2020. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will now approach […]

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Andile Lungisa set to make ConCourt bid to appeal jail term

Lungisa was handed a two-year jail term in 2018 for the 2016 assault of fellow councillor, Rano Kayser, by smashing a glass jar over his head during a council meeting. FILE: Former Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Former Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa is expected to appeal his two-year […]

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