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Organised labour at Eskom upset over wage offer rejection reports

  • Picture: People march during a demonstration in the south of Sudan's capital Khartoum on February 10, 2022. Picture: AFP.

    Thousands in Khartoum rally against military rule, authorities fire teargas

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    Africa
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    Germany to make legal gender change easier

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    Lifestyle
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    SA Rugby chuffed as Springboks and Toyota get into bed

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    Sport
  • FILE: The training for a service animal starts when the dog is a puppy, and it can take up to 24 months. Picture: switlanasymonenko 123rf

    Relebogile Mabotja spoke to SA Guide Dogs Board Member, Lanya Stanek and guide dog user, Laylaa Jacobs about having a service animal and the training process.

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    By Keely Goodall

    The crucial role service animals play in South Africans' lives

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  • FILE: The Joe Slovo informal settlement. Picture: City of Cape Town.

    The DA's Matlhodi Maseko said informal settlements constructed on unsafe land increasingly came under the spotlight due to the risk of flooding and mudslides during winter.

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    By Lauren Isaacs

    DA in WC says illegal land occupations are 'life-threatening'

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    The police's crime intelligence as well as the K9 and flying squad units joined forces and tracked the suspected cable thieves down in Cape Town.

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    By Kevin Brandt

    Three accused to appear in court over stolen Eskom cables worth R2.5 million

    one hour ago
  • FILE: More than 4500 monkeypox cases have been detected globally. Picture: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith

    South Africa reported its second laboratory-confirmed case of the viral disease this week.

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    By Kevin Brandt

    Monkeypox: WHO concerned about countries where cases were never detected

    one hour ago
  • Musician Selaelo Selota was in studio with Clement Manyathela. Picture: EWN/ Abigail Javier.

    Clement Manyathela was in conversation with the jazz legend Selaelo Seloto, looking at his over 20-year musical journey.

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    By Devon Thomas

    'In music I find hope' - jazz legend, Selaelo Selota

    one hour ago
  • Picture: Lewis Hamilton

    "All racist or discriminatory language has absolutely no part in our sport and society," said Esteban Ocon, in support of Hamilton.

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    By Simangele Legodi

    F1 drivers rally behind Hamilton after Piquet's racial slur

    2 hours ago
  • Military personnel hold a portrait of slain Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba as they ride in a convoy with his coffin after its arrival at Tshumbe in DR Congo on June 22, 2022. Picture: Junior KANNAH / AFP

    A single tooth is all that remains of the young nationalist who was murdered in January 1961 at the age of 35, just months after becoming Congo's first post-colonial prime minister.

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    By AFP

    DR Congo set for final ceremony for Lumumba remains

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    Power utility Eskom will implement stage 6 power cuts from 2pm on Thursday until midnight, adding that it would also implement stage 6 blackouts on Friday from 5am until midnight.

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    By Eyewitness News

    Eskom escalates to stage 6 power cuts, blames ongoing strike

    3 hours ago
  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the final part of his report into state capture on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Picture: GCIS

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: State capture report, end of COVID restrictions will change SA

    3 days ago
  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and President Cyril Ramaphosa stand as a backdrop to hard copies of the final parts of the State Capture report on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Picture: GCIS

    State capture inquiry: Almost R1 billion spent. Was it worth it?

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  • First monkeypox case confirmed in SA

    a week ago
  • Health Minister: If a facility wants you to wear masks, it's up to them

    a week ago

Local

  • Forensic personnel carry a body out of a township pub in South Africa's southern city of East London on 26 June 2022 after 20 teenagers died. Picture: STR / AFP

    EC police warn against spreading false info about Enyobeni Tavern deaths

    3 hours ago
  • The Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park, East London where 21 people died during an event on 25 June 2022. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabasa/Eyewitness News

    Carbon monoxide may have caused Enyobeni Tavern deaths - Paul O’Sullivan

    3 hours ago
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    Ex-cop accused of fatal shootings at Cape Town hospital due back in court

    4 hours ago
  • Youth from Scenery Park and neighboring communities in East London march for their 21 peers who died at Enyobeni Tavern and held a candle lighting ceremony on 29 June 2022. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/EWN

    Scenery Park community picking up the pieces after tavern tragedy

    5 hours ago
  • FILE: EFF's Vuyani Pambo. Picture: Vuyani Pambo/Twitter

    EFF: Vuyani Pambo’s hijacking appears to have been well-orchestrated

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    Stage 8 power cuts or higher a real risk for South Africa, energy experts warn

    6 hours ago
  • Forensic personnel carry a body out of a township pub in South Africa's southern city of East London on 26 June 2022 after 20 teenagers died. Picture: STR / AFP

    All the victims of Enyobeni Tavern tragedy identified by families

    6 hours ago
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    Tulbagh mass shooting suspect due in court

    7 hours ago
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    Rise in kidnapping cases could be a new criminal trend, say crime experts

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Coronavirus

  • Crusaders’ Leicester Fainga'anuku (C) is tackled during the Super Rugby Pacific semifinal match between the Canterbury Crusaders and Waikato Chiefs at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch on 10 June 2022. Picture: Sanka Vidanagama/AFP

    Fainga'anuku to debut against Ireland, COVID hits All Blacks again

    9 hours ago
  • Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand next to the entrance of a neighborhood during a COVID-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on 12 April 2022. Picture: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP

    Services, manufacturing rebound in China after COVID curbs eased

    10 hours ago
  • FILE: The matter was investigated by the Special Investigating Unit, which referred it to the Special Tribunal. Picture: 123rf.com

    R103m PPE tender awarded to Khusela Diko's relative declared unlawful

    20 hours ago

Videos

  • Eskom warns of possible stage 6 power cuts due to pressure on the grid

  • Mbeki on state capture: The ANC has to take responsibility

  • Mbeki’s 80th birthday celebrations: Drakensberg Boys Choir serenades him

Opinion

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    Selbeyonce award-winning moment confirms representation matters

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  • FILE: Young people attend the Youth Day commemoration at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Picture: GCIS.

    MALAIKA MAHLATSI: A young black woman in a racist gerontocracy that hates women

    2 days ago
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    HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: In the battle of the mask mandate, let's keep them on

    3 days ago
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    Sunday Edition: A podcast wrap of our top headlines this past week

    4 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the 022 Heads of Mission Conference in Tshwane on 7 April 2022. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    IN FULL: Ramaphosa's speech after receiving the final State Capture report

    8 days ago
  • FILE: Mzwandile Masina. Picture: @mzwandileMasina/Twitter

    MZWANDILE MASINA: The myths and dangers of the great man theory

    8 days ago

Politics

  • FILE: An Independent Electoral Officer (IEC) opens a ballot box as counting begins at the Addington Primary School after voting ended at the sixth national general elections in Durban, on 8 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    Electoral Amendment Bill: ConCourt explains extension granted to Parly

    9 hours ago
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    Firms that enabled state capture should pay reparations - Dr Iraj Abedian

    20 hours ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan arrives at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria on 26 November 2018 to lay criminal complaints against EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    DA accuses Gordhan of ‘conveniently’ pinning load shedding on striking workers

    one day ago

Business

  • FILE: A clothing store in Claremont, Cape Town, in darkness as load shedding kicks in. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    'It's not fair': South Africans feeling the negative impact of power cuts

    8 hours ago
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    Busa urges govt to ‘show decisive leadership’ in fixing years-long energy crisis

    8 hours ago
  • FILE: Open graves at a cemetery in Hebron, north of Pretoria. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    Cost of dying just as high as being alive

    9 hours ago

Africa

  • FILE: Sudanese demonstrators rally in al-Daim neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum on 2 January 2022, amid calls for pro-democracy rallies in "memory of the martyrs" killed in recent protests. Picture: AFP

    Sudan gears up for mass protest against generals

    6 hours ago
  • The Southern African bloc endorsed Zimbabwe’s Fortune Charumbira for the position of Pan African President on 29 June 2022. Picture: Screenshot

    PAP president Charumbira calls on African leaders to escalate corruption fight

    7 hours ago
  • FILE: In this file photo, a member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea where an Imperial Ethiopian flag waves, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020.  Picture: AFP

    Release 'illegally' detained Tigrayans: Ethiopia rights group

    11 hours ago

World

  • (FILES) This file photograph taken on 8 July 2013, shows hot chocolate before being moulded at the Barry Callebaut chocolate factory in Wieze, eastern Flanders. Swiss group Barry Callebaut, the world's largest cocoa and chocolate company, said on 30 June 2022, that it had halted chocolate production at its Wieze (Belgium) factory, billed as the world's largest, after salmonella was found in a batch on 26 June. Picture: GEORGES GOBET/AFP

    Salmonella found in world's biggest chocolate plant

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  • Heads of state and government pose for the official group photo during the Nato summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on 29 June 2022. Picture: Pierre-Philippe MARCOU/AFP

    Expanding Nato squares up to Russia as Putin slams 'imperial' alliance

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  • FILE: This handout picture made available by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivering remarks following the speech of US President's chief medical adviser during a World Health Organization (WHO) executive board meeting on 21 January 2021 in Geneva. Picture: AFP

    WHO worried by global impact of US abortion ruling

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Sport

  • Tadej Pogacar won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on 14 July 2021. Picture: @LeTour/Twitter

    Pogacar ready as Denmark reaches Tour de France fever pitch

    4 hours ago
  • FILE: England's flanker Courtney Lawes (R) attends a captain's run training session at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on 17 March 2022, on the eve of the Six Nations rugby union tournament match between France and England. Picture: FRANCK FIFE/AFP

    Lawes captains England as Care, Vunipola return against Wallabies

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  • England's James Anderson prepares to bowl on the first day of the second Test cricket match between England and New Zealand at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham, central England, on 10 June 2022. Picture: Paul ELLIS/AFP

    'Fearless' England excite Anderson as India sweat on Rohit

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Lifestyle

  • FILE: R&B singer R. Kelly appears at a hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 June 2019. Picture: Nuccio DINUZZO/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP

    Singer R. Kelly gets 30 years in jail over sex crimes

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    Consumer confidence in SA plunges to lowest level in 30 years

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