Johannesburg City officials are served contaminated food at the Metro Centre as well as at functions catered for by food companies appointed by the City of Joburg.
In the city’s quarterly reports for January to March, it has been revealed that 11 … Read the rest
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Twenty years ago, on 28 March 1994, the ANC’s militia massacred a crowd of protesting Zulus in downtown Johannesburg, using automatic weapons against men armed only with symbolic “cultural weapons”, such as … Read the rest
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Few outsiders understand the ethnic dynamics of South Africa. Foreign journalists come here and imagine that we are some kind of remake of the USA, transposing American ethnic categories (and Hollywood movies) onto us. Of course, … Read the rest
In an intelligence driven operation, members from the national Crime Intelligence office, the Organized Crime Unit in Johannesburg and a local dog unit arrested two men and recovered a rocket head last night.
Intelligence operatives responded to information that a … Read the rest
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Ever since Britain started getting seriously interested in South Africa after the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley in 1866, there have been at least two conflicting views of the country. Throughout the twentieth century too, South … Read the rest
The South African Police Service National Investigation Unit under the direction of Lieutenant General Vinesh Moonoo foiled an organised business robbery at a warehouse in City Deep, Johannesburg on Monday morning.
The detectives received information that a company called Mpisi … Read the rest
Scene of the hijacking as captured on CCTV
One of four men implicated in a hijacking filmed on CCTV in the Johannesburg CBD was expected to apply for bail in the city’s magistrate’s court on Monday.
Police arrested Siphelele Mdlalose, … Read the rest
Scene of the hijacking as captured on CCTV
Four men have been arrested in connection with the hijacking of a family’s car in central Johannesburg, which made headlines when CCTV footage of the crime was posted online, Gauteng police said … Read the rest
Traffic will be diverted in Newtown on Friday during a protest march by members of the Economic Freedom Fighters against e-tolls, Johannesburg metro police said.
Spokesman Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the protest would start from Mary Fitzgerald Square at … Read the rest
A man was shot and wounded on Tuesday on the M1 South near Killarney in Johannesburg following a chase from Pretoria, police said.
Police approached a minibus taxi at a Pretoria taxi rank following a commotion, Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said. … Read the rest
Soweto, the black township south of Johannesburg
Police arrested 145 people in Soweto over the weekend, police said on Sunday.
Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said most of those arrested were charged with drunken driving.
The other charges included rape, murder, … Read the rest
Blair and Geldof
Sir Bob Geldof has declared we ALL have less than 17 years to live.The musician-turned-activist reckons the world will end in 2030 – leading to the extinction of humankind.
Sir Bob, 61, based his miserable prediction on … Read the rest
Of 80 sex workers based in Johannesburg, 52 (65 percent) had been abused by police, the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC) said on Thursday.
“The most common forms of abuse experienced by sex workers are emotional violence such as swearing, … Read the rest
Rivonia Primary School
The education department has the power to override a school’s admission policy, the Constitutional Court found on Thursday.
It upheld, in part, an appeal against a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), holding that the … Read the rest