Police appeal for info after actress Thandeka Mdeliswa dies after being shot

Best known for her starring role as Khanya in the SABC1 drama series ‘Ikani’, Mdeliswa was shot at her family’s home in Evander in Mpumalanga last week. Thandeka Mdeliswa. Picture: SABC JOHANNESBURG – South Africans are still reeling from shock over the alleged murder of actress Thandeka Mdeliswa. She was best known for her starring […]

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Dunoon residents left frustrated by slow pace of de-densification project

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, promises were made to residents about a new housing development. Months later, the sites are still covered in bushes and there’s no sign of construction vehicles. Dunoon and the Greater Kosovo, both informal settlements in Cape Town, have been identified for de-densification. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN CAPE TOWN – […]

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Stage 1 power cuts to start at 8am today; stage 2 during evening peak

The utility is warning that the frustrating and costly deliberate outages are likely to repeat the same pattern on Tuesday and on Wednesday. Picture: Pexels. JOHANNESBURG – Eskom will start implementing power cuts from 8am on Monday morning. The utility said that stage one load shedding would continue until 4pm and after that, it would […]

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‘We are deeply sorry’, says Clicks CEO after outcry over hair advert

Clicks is at the centre of a public outcry over the TRESemmé campaign, which referred to black natural hair as ‘dry, damaged, and frizzy’, while white natural hair was depicted as ‘normal’. JOHANNESBURG – Amid threats to shut down Clicks stores and promises to boycott the franchise over a racist advertisement campaign, Group CEO Vikesh […]

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Eldos residents accuse police of using intimidation to halt protest

Residents in the southern Joburg community are demanding justice after Nathaniel Julies was shot dead allegedly by SAPS officials. Residents of Eldorado Park, south of Joburg, on 30 August 2020 marched to the local police station following the murder of 16-year-old Nathaniel Julies. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN. JOHANNESBURG – Eldorado Park residents have accused police of […]

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CoCT welcomes proposed change to law outlining Ipid’s mandate

If passed, the change to the Ipid Act will allow the directorate to also monitor the conduct of municipal law enforcement. CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town has welcomed a proposed amendment to legislation outlining the mandate of police watchdog Ipid. If passed, the change to the Ipid Act will allow the directorate […]

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Sanral lost over R640m in revenue during hard lockdown, CEO Macozoma reveals

EWN sat down with the roads agency’s CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma for a wide-ranging interview. Sanral CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma. Picture: @SANRAL_za/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has admitted that its revenue collection through tolled roads dropped to unprecedented levels during the nationwide lockdown, resulting in a loss of more than R640 million. […]

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Madikizela threatens to shut down Bellville taxi rank over taxi violence

According to Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, there were 56 taxi-related murders and 32 attempted murders since the start of the year. FILE: Bellville taxi rank in Cape Town. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela on Sunday warned warring taxi associations operating from the Bellville taxi rank that if […]

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SA records 110 more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing death toll to 14,889

SA records 110 more COVID-19 fatalities, pushing death toll to 14,889 The Health ministry said that 1,633 new infections were picked up over the past day pushing the number of known infections in this country to over 638,000. A professional healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) treats a patient in a tent dedicated to […]

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