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2024 Elections | ANC wary of toxic political coalitions

admin Jul 26, 2023 0 380

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the governing party won't work with parties that could cost them politically

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Police investigating cause of bus crash near UJ

admin Jul 26, 2023 0 415

At least 70 people have been injured after two buses collided near the University of Johannesburg's Auckland Park campus.

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Diepsloot leaders hopeful for presidential visit

admin Jul 26, 2023 0 418

Diepsloot residents have been calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to visit the area to address high crime rates.

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Gauteng Health reports over 7,000 infections at hospitals

admin Jul 25, 2023 0 345

JOHANNESBURG - Nearly 7,500 patients picked up an infection in Gauteng's public hospitals, in the last year.

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One dead, six injured in Eerste River shopping centre shooting

admin Jul 25, 2023 0 428

One person died and six others were injured in a shooting at a shopping centre in Eerste River.

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We were protecting SA’s second most important citizen, says accused police officer in highway assault case

admin Jul 25, 2023 0 729

Eight VIP protection unit officers charged with assaulting four people on the N1 in Johannesburg appeared in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday. One of the accused claimed they were protecting ‘South Africa’s second [most] important citizen’.

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Man crushed to death as cement truck rolls back on him

admin Jul 25, 2023 0 447

A man was killed when the truck he was offloading cement from rolled back and crushed him.

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KZN gold mine adopts new approach to address scourge of illegal mining

admin Jul 24, 2023 0 350

DURBAN - A small gold mine in the north of KwaZulu-Natal has taken a new approach to address the scourge of illegal mining, and it seems to be paying off.

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7 killed in head-on collision in Limpopo

admin Jul 24, 2023 0 379

even people died in a head-on collision in Limpopo on Sunday. The crash happened at the R101 Sterkrivier Cross road within the Waterberg District.

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Drones used to assess Joburg blast damage

admin Jul 24, 2023 0 380

JOHANNESBURG - With assessments ongoing, experts say it's still early to determine whether lack of proper maintenance could have attributed to the Johannesburg explosion.

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Johannesburg explosion represents our national crisis and the imperative for change

admin Jul 24, 2023 0 425

South Africa is physically falling apart virtually before our eyes, and its starkness is only matched by the paralysis of its elites to do anything about it at all.

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VIP Protection cops spend night in jail for brutal N1 assault

admin Jul 24, 2023 0 356

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) reported on Sunday night that it had arrested eight members of the SAPS VIP Protection Services attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile.