Golden Arrow confirms bus set alight in Mfuleni in night attack

Golden Arrow confirms bus set alight in Mfuleni in night attack In the first incident, at around 9pm last night, a bus was set alight in Mfuleni. One of the Golden Arrow buses that was torched in Delft on 14 August 2020. Picture: Wayne Dyson, spokesperson for Cape Town law enforcement CAPE TOWN – Golden […]

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Numsa, Sacca picket outside SAA offices after govt misses funding deadline

Workers demonstrated after government missed a deadline to make funding available for a restructuring plan. FILE: Numsa and South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) members picket at the SAA Airways Park in Kempton Park on 15 November 2019. Picture: EWN KEMPTON PARK – South African Airways (SAA) workers affiliated to Numsa and the SA Cabin […]

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WC ANC’s Songezo Mjongile dies of cancer

Mjongile passed away in Johannesburg on Thursday following a battle with colon cancer. Songezo Mjongile. Picture: Facebook CAPE TOWN – The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape’s former secretary Songezo Mjongile has died. Mjongile passed away in Johannesburg on Thursday following a battle with colon cancer. The party said that he was a […]

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Minister Mkhize shocked and dismayed after murder of Dr Abdulhay Munshi

The anaesthetist was gunned down in Orange Grove on Wednesday afternoon. Police are investigating but no arrests were yet made. FILE: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Friday reacted with shock to the murder of Dr Abdulhay Munshi. The anaesthetist was gunned down in Orange Grove on […]

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Father of boy who died under Dr Munshi’s watch denies involvement in his murder

Mohammadh Sayed has broken his silence in a statement on Friday afternoon amid widespread speculation that Munshi’s death was a targeted hit. Healthcare workers gathered outside the home of Dr Abdulhay Munshi in Houghton to express their condolences to the family of the slain doctor and stand in solidarity with healthcare practitioners.Picture: Veronica Mokhoali/EWN JOHANNESBURG […]

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Paramedics get held at gunpoint while attending to patient in Ocean View

While no injuries were reported, the EMS officials were severely traumatised. CAPE TOWN – An ambulance crew came under attack on Friday morning in Ocean View. The paramedics were held at gunpoint while attending to a patient in the area in the early hours of the morning. The crew managed to get away and safely […]

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YONELA DIKO: Urbanisation of poverty & lasting solutions to land invasion

OPINION Land invasion is not a uniquely South African problem. In 2003, the UN-Habitat global report on Human Settlements said one billion people were slum dwellers. Then, it was one in six people. The following year, 2004, the World Social Forum said, as a result, many poor and homeless people in urban areas relied on […]

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Numsa, SACCA give DPE another week to find money for SAA restructuring plan

Workers have been picketing outside the SAA park offices. Numsa and South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) members picket at the SAA Airways Park in Kempton Park on 15 November 2019. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN KEMPTON PARK – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) have […]

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WATCH LIVE: Cogta Minister Dlamini-Zuma gives detail on level 1 regulations

On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Cabinet’s decision to further ease restrictions implemented by government to curb the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa. Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at a media briefing in Pretoria on 17 August 2020. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is on Friday […]

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Ambulance crew left traumatised after coming under attack in Ocean View

Metro EMS officials loaded a patient into their ambulance in Ocean View at around 3 am on Friday morning. 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 – An ambulance crew has been left severely traumatised […]

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