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Diepsloot

Seven men accused of murdering Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot back in dock

By Buhle Mbhele

They face charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

  • Police monitor protest action in Diepsloot on 6 April 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Police searching for gunmen in deadly Diepsloot shooting

    Gauteng police are looking for the gunmen involved in a shooting that claimed two lives in Diepsloot on Friday night.

    63 days ago
  • FILE: Police Minister Bheki Cele on 20 August 2021. Picture: SA Police Service/Twitter.

    Police interventions in Diepsloot & Kliptown not meant to be permanent - Cele

    Cele on Wednesday announced that more resources would be deployed to the Kliptown police station following complaints by residents that the station was under-resourced and unresponsive to the community’s needs.

    65 days ago
  •  Godknows Nyathi says his brother ( Elvis Nyathi )  spent his days trying to make an honest living to support his wife and 4 children. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/EWN, 7 April 2022.

    Family of slain Diepsloot protest victim Elvis Nyathi to hold memorial service

    Nyathi (43) was killed during protests in Diepsloot when residents vented their anger over inadequate following a spate of armed robberies and murders in the area.

    72 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo. Picture: Radio 702.

    Mamabolo pleads with Diepsloot residents not to disrupt William Nicol Rd project

    The project, which began in 2015, has encountered some delays including a court challenge on the tendering process and the failure of one service provider to deliver as expected.

    73 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier David Makhura alongside MEC Jacob Mamabolo and local councillors in Diepsloot held engagements on the Township Economy Bill on 12 April 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/ EWN.

    Youth should be empowered to run their own businesses, says Makhura in Diepsloot

    Locals have long claimed that opportunities for businesses and employment were being given to people from other provinces and even other countries.

    73 days ago
  • Disgruntled South African job seekers belonging to the so-called "Operation Dudula" movement sing slogans and dance while marching through Alexandra township, on 7 March 2022. Picture: Michele Spatari/AFP

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Crime, not migrants, the common enemy we must work to defeat

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that it was deeply disturbing how the recent incidents of anti-foreigner sentiment in parts of the country echoed our apartheid past.

    75 days ago
  • Operation Dudula members in Rosslyn, Pretoria, on Tuesday, 29 March 2022. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa: Disturbing how anti-foreigner sentiment in SA echoes apartheid past

    In his weekly newsletter on Monday morning, Ramaphosa has compared these anti-foreigners groups to the oppressors who operated apartheid.

    75 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Picture: @David_Makhura/Twitter

    Gauteng's Makhura expected to visit Diepsloot in wake of violent protests

    It's been the scene of violent demonstrations, initially over police inefficiencies.

    75 days ago
  • Tyres burn just meters from the police station on 6 April 2022 as Diepsloot residents protest over crime in the area. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Calm restored in Diepsloot after a week of protests

    A community leader has told eyewitness news that there is a high police presence in the northern Johannesburg township this afternoon.

    75 days ago
  • South African Police Service (SAPS) officers are seen as community members protest against the rise of crime in the area in Diepsloot, South Africa, on 6 April 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    SACC asks South Africans to restore 'spirit of Ubuntu' amid growing intolerance

    The South African Council of Churches has called on South Africans to restore the spirit of Ubuntu amid growing intolerance within communities.

    76 days ago
  • Tyres burn just meters from the police station on 6 April 2022 as Diepsloot residents protest over crime in the area. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Motsoaledi, Cele present Operation Restore to Diepsloot residents

    Among the interventions under Operation Restore is the deployment of 25 home affairs officials for three months.

    77 days ago
  • South African Police Service (SAPS) officers are seen as community members protest against the rise of crime in the area in Diepsloot, South Africa, on 6 April 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    Crowds camp outside Diepsloot Youth Centre to be addressed by Cele

    Government ministers have come to the township to speak to the residents following anti-crime protests that turned violent.

    77 days ago
  • Police monitor protest action in Diepsloot on 6 April 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    Asylum system in SA is broken and is failing migrants - Amnesty International

    Mandy Wiener chats to Amnesty International South Africa executive director Shenilla Mohamed on the recent xenophobic attacks.

    77 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele visits Diepsloot amid ongoing protests on 7 April 2022.

    Cele to hold talks with Diepsloot community about tackling crime in the area

    More than 50 illegal migrants have been arrested in the last few days, half of whom were arrested on Thursday night.

    78 days ago
  • South African Police Service (SAPS) officers are seen as community members protest against the rise of crime in the area in Diepsloot, South Africa, on 6 April 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    More police deployed to Diepsloot in bid to restore calm in wake of protests

    An extra 16 police vehicles have now also arrived in the community to assist specialised teams to make arrests and deal with the crime in the area.

    78 days ago
  • Police monitor protest action in Diepsloot on 6 April 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

    SAPS sting operation in Diepsloot nabs 27 undocumented migrants

    These arrests take the number of people handcuffed in the area this week to over 50, while police continue to investigate the latest mob violence attack in which one man was killed.

    78 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele visits Diepsloot amid ongoing protests on 7 April 2022.

    Bheki Cele dismisses claims that Diepsloot policing interventions have failed

    Police Minister Bheki Cele said more than 100 members of the special forces had been deployed to the crime ravaged area following violent community protests calling for better policing.

    78 days ago
  • A woman positions a burning tyre as community members protest against the rise of crime in the area in Diepsloot, South Africa, on 6 April 2022. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    Diepsloot community blames criminals for alleged mob justice murder

    Eyewinesses told police that a small group of people found the man at his house in Dieplsoot and allegedly attacked him with stones before setting him alight.

    79 days ago
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