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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 […]

The 217 Cuban doctors were deployed to the country earlier this year to assist in the fight against COVID-19, with 28 of them currently working in KwaZulu-Natal. More than 200 Cuban doctors arrived in the country early on Sunday morning to bolster support in the fight against Covid-19. Picture: GCIS. DURBAN – KwaZulu-Natal authorities said […]

Carlisle Kinnear (24) explained that he thanked his dad’s police team for protecting him up until the very end. Police Minister Bheki Cele address the media along with the family of Detective Charl Kinnear (from left): Carlisle Kinnear (son, in grey)), Nicolette Kinnear (wife, in yellow) and Casleigh Kinnear (son, in maroon). Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN […]

The Western Cape Health Department has placed an advert for service providers to tender for body cams to be worn by Metro EMS officials while responding to calls. EMS teams in the Western Cape came under attack in July 2002, including one team that was transporting a patient in an ambulance. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN […]

The union is demanding an 8% salary increase for front line workers fighting the coronavirus. Nehawu members protest for better working conditions on 26 August 2020. Picture: Nehawu AD/Facebook JOHANNESBURG – The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) was picketing outside the Union Buildings on Monday morning, demanding answers from President Cyril Ramaphosa […]

The community has been plagued by ongoing deadly gang battles and community leader Julian Unthank said that residents reported active shootings to police but by the time they eventually arrived, the scene was cleared. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN. CAPE TOWN – An Eerste River community leader said that residents were fed-up with police who took their […]

The anti-gang unit commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear was shot and killed outside his Bishop Lavis home on Friday. Slain Western Cape top cop Charl Kinnear. Picture: Supplied JOHANNESBURG – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has appealed to the South African Police Service (SAPS) to track down the killer of anti-gang unit commander Charl […]

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Dear Fellow South African, The United Nations (UN) will this week begin the 75th session of its General Assembly, where the nations of the world gather to seek collective solutions to global challenges. In any other year, heads of state and government would travel to the UN headquarters in […]

Western Cape Police Minister Bheki Cele said that of the 5,000 new police officers trained in the country last year, 1,120 were from the Western Cape. Police Minister Bheki Cele. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Police Minister Bheki Cele said that the Western Cape did have adequate policing resources. Cele said that of the 5,000 […]

Clinton Hartnick was arrested earlier this month in connection with the crime. CAPE TOWN – The bail application of a man accused of raping a woman at a COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facility in Mossel bay is expected to be heard on Monday. Clinton Hartnick was arrested earlier this month in connection with the crime. […]