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Teachers forced to live in abandoned & dilapidated school building
Teachers forced to live in abandoned & dilapidated school building! Half a dozen schoolteachers are living without electricity, water, and…
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City Power warns of widespread outages amid heavy rain
City Power has cautioned residents about potential disruptions to power supply across several areas in Johannesburg due to ongoing heavy…
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Investigation under way after school principal gunned down in Gauteng mall
Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Matome Chiloane, has condemned the shooting of a senior school official…
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Calls for law enforcement to deal with Pastor Mboro
Human rights organizations have called on law enforcement authorities to leave no stone unturned in their investigation into religious leader…
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City of Ekurhuleni warns of water supply interruptions on East Rand
The City of Ekurhuleni on Friday warned of interrupted water supply in parts of the East Rand. This is due…
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Katlehong residents call on govt to find solutions to stamp out crime in the area
Katlehong residents on the East Rand are calling on the government to establish a solution to address rampant crime in…
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EMPD: Fight against illegal mining challenging
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) on Gauteng’s East Rand continues to fight back against the scourge of illegal mining.…
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2 people shot dead amid Ekurhuleni taxi shutdown
Two people have been shot dead in Germiston, during the taxi shutdown which brought a large part of the East…
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SANTACO mulls trigger behind taxi strike across Ekurhuleni
The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in Ekurhuleni has confirmed its drivers have taken part in a shutdown across…
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Temporary highway closure following multiple-vehicle crash on R24 in Edenvale
A multiple-vehicle crash on the R24 in the East Rand has caused traffic to be at a standstill. Motorists have…
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Man due in court over Rondebult triple murder
A 42-year-old man is expected to appear at the Germiston Magistrates Court on Thursday in connection with the murder of…
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Timber wolf spotted wandering in Benoni safely recaptured
A Canadian timber wolf spotted roaming around in Benoni, has been safely recaptured. Social media was abuzz this week following…
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Rondebult community assured of their safety in wake of triple murder
Ekurhuleni councillor Sanele Hlongwane has come out to assure Rondebult residents of their safety. This follows a triple murder that…
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3 bodies found inside abandoned bakkie on the East Rand
Three bodies have been found inside an abandoned bakkie in Elsberg on the East Rand. It’s understood the community made…
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Manhunt underway after Boksburg cash-in-transit heist
Police are searching for a gang of at least 12 cash-in-transit robbers that pulled off a brazen heist in Boksburg…
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NUM won’t object to organisational rights ballot at Gold One Modder East mine
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it wouldn’t object to balloting at the Gold One Modder East operation as…
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East Rand police concerned over rising number of assault cases in Daveyton
East Rand police are cracking down on criminal activity, with several suspects in police custody for assault. At least four…
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Tsakane residents blame corruption for water woes
While water has been restored to parts of Tsakane on Gauteng’s East Rand, the community believes the water crisis is…
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EMPD: Tsakane calm after protests but roads still blocked with rocks
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) said the protests in Tsakane had died down but roads remain barricaded with rocks…
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Water restored at two Gauteng hospitals and Pholosong still dry
The Gauteng health department on Sunday said water supply has been restored at two of three hospitals that were left…
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Homeless man rapes 5-year-old daughter of a woman who gave him a shack to live in her yard
The Benoni Regional Court has sentenced a 36-year-old rapist from Etwatwa in Gauteng’s East Rand to one life term in…
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East Rand man arrested with R170 000 worth of rhino horn, 3 more arrested in North West for rhino horn theft
A man was arrested in the East Rand after being found in possession of a rhino horn worth an estimated…
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CEO says power outage has not disrupted operations at Pholosong Hospital
The Pholosong Regional Hospital’s management in East Rand assured residents that operations were not disrupted as it was experiencing a…
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Power restored to Pholosong Regional hospital after outage
Power has been restored to the Pholosong Regional Hospital on the East Rand after 16 hours without electricity. The facility’s…
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Electricity restored in Kwa-Thema after month-long outage
Power has finally been restored to Kwa-Thema on the East Rand after residents were left without electricity for a month.…
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Possible aftershocks likely following Gauteng quake
The Council for GeoScience says it recorded a 4.4 magnitude earthquake originating from the Germiston area on Sunday morning. Shaken…
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5.0 magnitude quake hits Gauteng
People in Gauteng woke early on Sunday morning to heavy shaking and rumbling. A moderate earthquake hit parts of the…
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Health Dept working to address issues plaguing public hospitals, says Minister Phaahla
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has assured healthcare workers that the department was working tirelessly to address issues plaguing public hospitals…
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Woman arrested for stabbing husband to death
A 20-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of her husband in Limpopo. Police in Naboomspruit, in…
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Video: 2 bystanders killed during cash-in-transit heist in Ekurhuleni
Two innocent bystanders have been killed and another wounded following a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in Putfontein on the East Rand.…
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Alleged Benoni and Thembisa serial r@pist due back in court
A suspected serial rapist linked to several cases in Benoni and Thembisa, in the East Rand, is expected to appear…
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Police Commissioner Masemola insists progress is being made against gun violence in SA
Despite an increase in gun violence in South Africa, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said that efforts by the police…
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Police clamp down on businesses selling counterfeit Ford accessories
Three East Rand businesses believed to have been selling counterfeit Ford accessories were raided by police in Boksburg on Wednesday.…
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Military explosives recovered in Benoni very worrying – expert
Explosives expert Willem Els said that the military explosives recovered by police on Gauteng’s East Rand on Thursday was very…
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Judgment expected in Ekurhuleni serial rapist case
Judgment is expected in the trial against self-confessed East Rand serial rapist, Nkosinathi Phakathi. The 32-year-old is linked to at…
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5 illegal miners arrested after a shootout with police in Boksburg
Five suspected illegal miners have been arrested following a shootout with police in Boksburg, on the East Rand, yesterday. The…
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2 people taken to hospital following nightclub fire in Boksburg
Two people have been rushed to hospital, after a fire broke out at a nightclub in Boksburg, on the East…
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Boksburg nightclub catches fire
A fire has broken out at Presleys nightclub in Boksburg, on the East Rand on Saturday. Firefighters are on the…
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Eskom withdraws services from Tembisa amid protests over safety concerns
Eskom said that it had withdrawn its services in Tembisa amid a threat of renewed protests in the area on…
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Sad scenes: Woman shot dead in her car by unknown suspect
A woman in her mid-thirties was shot dead by an unknown suspect in Olifantsfontein on Johannesburg’s East Rand on Wednesday…
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Kidnapped 3-year-old Gauteng girl reunited with family, 4 people arrested
A three-year-old child in Gauteng has been reunited with her family unharmed following a kidnapping ordeal. The little girl was…
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Katlehong residents fear for their lives over sinkholes
Residents of Katlehong on Gauteng’s East Rand have appealed to the City of Ekurhuleni to intervene. This as more sinkholes…
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SAPS arrest 38-year-old man found in possession of dagga worth R1 million
Gauteng police have arrested a 38-year-old man for possession of dagga worth over R1 million. The man was arrested on…
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Paramedics plead with communities to report criminals targeting EMS crews
A Gauteng paramedic who was robbed by three armed men in Reiger Park on the East Rand has pleaded with…
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Suspect arrested as R3.6 million worth of crystal meth seized
A 43-year-old man will appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Friday on drug dealing charges after crystal meth…
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Update on deadly Benoni shootout with police
A planned business robbery in Ekurhuleni was foiled by the police on Saturday October 30 which saw two suspects being…
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We know you won’t change your mind on 1 November – Malema to EFF supporters
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said the party was humbled by the show of support it had received…
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Community threatens more violence over water crisis
There have been threats of violence from the Klipfontein community in Ekurhuleni who are angered by almost two full weeks…
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SA COVID-19: All aboard for jabs on Transnet vaccination train
To help the government in its efforts to ramp up the vaccination drive, a Transnet vaccination train has started operating…
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SA violence: Operation ‘produce a receipt’
The constitutionality of police raids to retrieve suspected looted goods has come into question. Flanked by members of the SANDF,…
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