Diepsloot
Black Friday off to slow start in Diepsloot as COVID-19 weighs on shoppers
The day that is usually characterised by scenes of people rushing to shopping malls but appears to be different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Diepsloot business owners say disconnection of illegal power a blow for them
Spaza shops, hair salons and street vendors are the main drivers of the local economy in Diepsloot but without power, they say their businesses are as good as dead.
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Some Diepsloot residents turn to solar power as Eskom cuts illegal connections
The majority of Diepsloot residents use illegally connected power, for which they illegally pay about R1,800 to connect to their houses and street lights.
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Diepsloot residents vow to reconnect illegal power after Eskom operation
The power utility visited the informal settlement on Tuesday morning to disconnect illegal connections.
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GALLERY: Eskom removes illegal power connections in Diepsloot
Eskom technicians removed illegal power connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. They were accompanied by the police and Red Ants as they conducted the operation. Residents looked on as their source of electricity was removed taken out.
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Cutting illegal power connections no long-term solution, says Eskom
Eskom technicians were in Diepsloot on Tuesday morning to remove illegal electricity connections.
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Gauteng won’t release confirmed COVID-19 stats for areas, here’s why
Diepsloot has a population of about 300,000 people and due to the high density of people living in the area, social distancing is hard to observe.
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State of Diepsloot: 'It feels as if we have been forgotten'
Residents of Diepsloot have been voicing their dissatisfaction with the state of the township and even took to the streets in protest recently. EWN and 702 visited the area to better understand the situation.
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100 foreign nationals arrested in Diepsloot
Residents went on the rampage last week, barricading roads and burning objects.
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Amaberete deployed to Diepsloot to fight crime
Police Minister Bheki Cele deployed the special operations team to the township on Friday following concerns of high levels of crime.
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Motsoaledi applauds Diepsloot community for not taking law into their own hands
The minister addressed angry residents in the township earlier on Friday, alongside Police Minister Bheki Cele, amid heightened tensions over safety concerns.
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Diepsloot residents vow to continue protesting until Cele visits area
They are demanding that undocumented foreigners leave the area, accusing them of being responsible for the crime.
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Schoolgirl dies after being run over by bus in Diepsloot
The circumstances surrounding the incident were unclear, but it was understood the schoolgirl died on the scene moments after impact.
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Diepsloot calm after violent protests over crime, illegal foreigners
Community members were protesting over high levels of crime, saying undocumented foreigners were to blame.
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Police fire teargas at protesting Diepsloot residents
Protesters claim nine people have been killed since November allegedly by undocumented foreigners.
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Prayers & bullets: Commuter recalls being caught in cash-in-transit heist
Still visibly shaken after her near-death experience, a commuter remembered every detail of her frightening journey home.
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Diepsloot residents call for urgent meeting with Eskom over power cuts
Residents said they had been without electricity for over two months after several power transformers exploded.
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Diepsloot residents divided over protest action
Some community leaders in Diepsloot are calling on residents not to take part in Monday’s planned shutdown in the area. They are worried that criminal elements may try to hijack the move which is aimed at raising genuine complaints.
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Eskom: We can't keep replacing transformers in areas with illegal connections
This after the power utility was accused of refusing to repair a power transformer that exploded in Diepsloot, which left residents without electricity for over five weeks.
