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Firefighters contain Ga-rankuwa electronics and chemicals factory fire
A production factory filled with chemicals and electronics has burnt down in the City of Tshwane. Tshwane emergency services responded…
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Tshwane buckles under pressure as municipal workers’ strike enters third week
South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) are, once again, staging a protest outside the City of Tshwane’s headquarters on Friday.…
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Residents in Soshanguve hit by constant power outages due to cable theft
Every week residents in Soshanguve Block VV, UU, and WW are forced to stay in the dark due to power…
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Samwu accuses Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink of peddling lies over strike
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has accused the City of Tshwane executive mayor Cilliers Brink of “peddling lies”…
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Alleged ring leaders behind unprotected and unlawful Tshwane strike fired
The City of Tshwane has dismissed seven shop stewards they claim were the ‘ring leaders’ behind the recent unlawful and…
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City of Tshwane and Samwu set to meet over ongoing strike
The City of Tshwane and Samwu are set to meet again to address the ongoing workers strike. Since the commencement…
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Tshwane’s application to be exempt from paying wage hikes to be heard next week
The City of Tshwane said its application to exempt the city from paying salary increases would be heard at the…
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Illegal dumping on the rise as strike by City of Tshwane workers persists
The ongoing strike by municipal workers in the City of Tshwane has now led to an increase in illegal dumping.…
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DA Gauteng leader Msimanga: We need to focus our weapons on the opponent
Former City of Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga has been re-elected as the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng.…
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Three Tshwane contractors die after falling into trench
Three City of Tshwane contractors died on Friday when the trench they were working in collapsed. They were repairing a…
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3 bodies retrieved after trench collapses on Tshwane workers
Three Tshwane contract workers died after a trench they were working in collapsed and buried them in Myburgh Street, Capital…
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City of Tshwane fires over 90 employees involved in strike
The City of Tshwane has fired 93 employees in a space of two weeks for taking part in an unlawful…
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City of Tshwane: 48 sinkholes still need to be repaired in Centurion
There are 48 sinkholes in Centurion that still needs to be repaired by the City of Tshwane. The latest one…
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Tshwane residents urged to report infrastructure vandalism as water woes persist
The City of Tshwane has urged community members to report any acts of vandalism, especially if city employees are the…
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Some services remain closed due to Samwu protest in Tshwane
Some services in the City of Tshwane remain suspended following protests by employees affiliated with union South African Municipal Workers…
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Protests by Samwu members interfere with healthcare services in the City of Tshwane
The City of Tshwane has called out Samwu as their unlawful strike denies patients access to life-saving medication, resulting in…
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City of Tshwane gets interdict against striking Samwu workers
The City of Tshwane said it had been granted an interim interdict by the Labour Court on Friday against striking…
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Case against 9 City of Tshwane employees postponed
The case against nine City of Tshwane employees affiliated with union Samwu (South African Municipal Workers Union) has been postponed…
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Rand Water announces 30-hour shutdown planned for City of Tshwane from 30 July
Rand Water has announced a 30-hour planned shutdown that will halt supply to some areas in the City of Tshwane.…
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Soshanguve residents without water for 2 weeks
Residents of Sohanguve Block L say they have been without water for nearly two weeks. The City of Tshwane says…
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City of Tshwane announces 30-hour water shutdown
A 30-hour shutdown of water supply by Rand Water is scheduled in Tshwane from 5 am on 30 July until…
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Tshwane mayor warns residents to brace themselves for a ‘tough weekend’ as Rand Water’s struggle continues
City of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink has warned residents to brace themselves for a tough weekend as Rand Water struggles…
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3 die in fire at Mamelodi informal settlement
Tshwane Emergency Services said that three family members died in a home fire incident in Mamelodi. The department received a…
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City of Tshwane investigating the illegal suburb of Leeuwfontein
The City of Tshwane has announced that it has launched an investigation into the development of Leeuwfontein, near Mamelodi, east…
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Tshwane Mayor Brink accuses Lesufi of ignoring calls to assist Hammanskraal cholera victims
City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink has accused Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi of ignoring calls to assist Hammanskraal cholera victims.…
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Brink: Less dependence on Eskom will help Tshwane recovery financially
As part of addressing the financial recovery of the City of Tshwane, the metro said it was looking at alternative…
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Reservoirs slowly filling up after water outage, says City of Tshwane
The City of Tshwane said its reservoirs were filling up slowly following a water outage affecting some parts of the…
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Tshwane Economic Development Agency denies maladministration allegations
The Tshwane Economic Development Agency (Teda) has denied allegations of maladministration levelled against the entity. The publication is in possession…
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Power restored in parts of Tshwane but work continues to repair substation
Power has been restored to some parts of the City of Tshwane after many communities were plunged into darkness after…
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City of Tshwane engaging with Eskom over arrears debt
The City of Tshwane says its engaging with Eskom over its massive arrears debt. It currently owes the embattled utility…
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Mayor Brink denies allegations that Tshwane townships are overlooked
City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink has denied allegations that the city’s current coalition leadership doesn’t prioritize townships as cholera…
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Tshwane establishes revenue collection team to improve service delivery
The City of Tshwane has established a team to monitor revenue collection operations as it attempts to improve the state…
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Ramaphosa points finger at City of Tshwane over Hamaanskraal water crisis
President Cyril Ramaphosa has laid some of the blame for the government’s failure to provide clean running water to Hammanskraal…
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Tshwane residents urged to boil water before use amid mysterious discolouration
The City of Tshwane has warned residents to boil and filter tap water before drinking it – as water in…
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Residents warned not to buy water from roaming tankers in Hammanskraal amid cholera outbreak
The City of Tshwane says community members have told them water is being sold from roaming water tankers in Hammanskraal.…
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Update: Cholera death toll rises to 24
24 people have now died from Cholera after an outbreak in Hammanskraal. 23 deaths were recorded in Hammanskraal and one…
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Authorities struggle to identify source of cholera outbreak
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu says a task team is being set up to prioritise bringing a swift end…
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Tshwane avails funds to upgrade water infrastructure
The Tshwane budget speech was disrupted on Wednesday, with EFF members walking out. They were unhappy that details of the…
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No cholera found in main source of water feeding Hammanskraal
The City of Tshwane says no cholera was found in samples taken from several sources around Temba and Hammanskraal. The…
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Ministers call for calm in Hammanskraal over cholera crisis
The City of Tshwane says water at the Temba treatment plant — responsible for distributing water to Hammanskraal — has…
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Cholera outbreak death toll rises to 12
The death toll in the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal has risen to 12. Over 100 people have been infected. The…
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Denosa calls for inquiry following cholera outbreak
Denosa says the City of Tshwane must be held responsible for the deaths in Hammanskraal. It says the government needs…
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Cholera patients in critical condition
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says all 37 patients being treated for cholera at Jubilee Hospital are in critical condition.…
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Hammanskraal residents cautioned against drinking tap water
The City of Tshwane has cautioned residents of Hammanskraal against drinking tap water in the wake of a diarrhoeal outbreak…
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Tshwane councillors: Government is failing the people of Olievenhoutbosch
Ward councillors in Tshwane’s Olievenhoutbosch township accused the city of abandoning the community’s service delivery needs. They claimed that the…
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City of Tshwane makes strides in preserving & safeguarding Voortrekker Monument and nature reserve
The City of Tshwane has made great strides in preserving and safeguarding the Voortrekker Monument and its surrounding nature reserve…
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Former Tshwane mayor Murunwa Makwarela’s fraud case postponed
Disgraced former City of Tshwane mayor Dr Murunwa Makwarela’s fraud case has been postponed to later this month. Fraud case…
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Herman Mashaba: SA’s freedom project in regression, with little to celebrate
South Africa has not yet made notable progress since the advent of democracy. So said ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba, adding…
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At least 6 people arrested during refugee evictions in Pretoria
At least six people have been arrested during the eviction of refugees and asylum seekers outside the United Nations offices…
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City of Tshwane and Rand Water officials to meet over water outages
The City of Tshwane said that it would be meeting with Rand Water’s management this week to establish the structural…
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