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  • Seven out of twelve registration stations were closed in Bekkersdal following clashes between community members and the police. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Gun-wielding ANC member faces charges

    The DA says it is hoping serious action is taken against former councillor Nelson Mdayi.

    3071 days ago
  • The ANC is investigating whether one of its members armed himself when party officials visited Bekkersdal. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    ANC investigating violent picture

    The picture is of a man wearing ANC regalia holding a gun behind his back.

    3074 days ago
  • FILE: Angry residents in Bekkersdal protest against poor service delivery on 23 October 2013. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    ANC downplays Bekkersdal violence

    The ruling party says there's no evidence that a person carrying a gun in a photo is a party member.

    3075 days ago
  • FILE: A woman walks across burnt tyres, rocks and sewage spill in Bekkersdal during service delivery protests in October 2013. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    'ANC intimidated Bekkersdal residents'

    The party's door-to-door campaign was disrupted by a violent protest yesterday.

    3075 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters in Hebron blocked major roads with rocks and burning tyres during service delivery protests on 7 February. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN.

    Gauteng hit by more violent protests

    The province has been hit by an average of six protests a day over the past three months.

    3098 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters in Hebron blocked major roads with rocks and burned tyres during service delivery protests on 7 February 2014. Picture: Barry Bateman/EWN.

    Gauteng protests 'hijacked'

    The team probing a rise in protests says they're often hijacked by criminals and political opportunists.

    3106 days ago
  • FILE: A stalemate between govt and residents is fuelling fears that protests could flare up again. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN

    MEC: Bekkersdal residents must cooperate

    A stalemate between govt and residents is fuelling fears that protests could flare up again.

    3131 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters looted foreign owned spaza shops in Bekkersdal during a violent service delivery protest. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Bekkersdal residents demand change

    Residents handed over a memorandum of demands to the executive mayor and councillors.

    3183 days ago
  • FILE: A boy runs from an approaching police nyala during violent service delivery protests during October. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Mayor calls for calm in Bekkersdal

    Nonkoliso Tundzi has appealed to Bekkersdal residents not to disrupt a community meeting.

    3196 days ago
  • FILE:Bekkersdal residents protest and burn tyres during Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane's vist. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN

    ANC can help 'solve' Bekkersdal's problems

    The ANC says it might be able to deal with Bekkersdal's issues more effectively than government.

    3197 days ago
  • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Picture: Sapa.

    Madikizela-Mandela addresses Bekkersdal residents

    Winnie Madikizela-Mandela says since 1994 service delivery in this area has not changed.

    3199 days ago
  • Du Noon residents went on a rampage demanding basic services on 26 July 2013. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Bekkersdal tense in registration final hour

    Police had to fire stun grenades to control the ongoing protest by angry residents.

    3199 days ago
  • The lowest percentage of registered voters is four percent in the Western Cape.

    Cope calls on Bekkersdal to register

    The lowest percentage of registered voters is four percent in the Western Cape.

    3199 days ago
  • The Democratic Alliance's Premier Candidate for Gauteng Mmusi Maimane. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN

    Protests don't change government – Maimane

    DA’s Mmusi Maimane has urged Brekkersdal residents to register to vote for the upcoming elections.

    3199 days ago
  • Seven out of twelve registration stations have been closed in Bekkersdal following clashes between community members and the police. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN"

    Police deployed to Bekkersdal

    Police will keep an eye on Bekkersdal on the last day of voter registration weekend.

    3199 days ago
  • IEC officers set up ballot boxes at Orange Grove Primary School on 20 April, 2009. Picture: Taurai Maduna/Eyewitness News

    Bekkersdal registration stations monitored

    Twelve stations were temporarily closed after angry residents threw stones at IEC officials.

    3200 days ago
  • Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Picture: Christa van der Walt/EWN.

    Mthethwa slams Bekkersdal reports

    TV reports earlier suggested Mthethwa had closed down all registration stations.

    3200 days ago
  • A resident checks her name at Joubert Park voting station on the last weekend of voter registration. Picture: Tshepo Lesole/Eyewitness News

    Registration running smoothly so far

    No major hurdles have as yet been reported in this weekend’s voter registration process.

    3200 days ago
  • An Independent Electoral Commission officer stands at the entrance of a voting station in Ramaphosa informal settlement. Picture: SAPA.

    IEC urges voters to register

    The IEC has urged Bekkersdal residents not to boycott the voter registration process this weekend.

    3200 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane addressed resident of Bekkersdal during service delivery protests in October. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN.

    Bekkersdal demands Mokonyane apology

    Mokonyane was heckled during protests last month for saying the ANC doesn’t want their ‘dirty votes’.

    3201 days ago
  • Bekkersdal matric pupils had to be relocated as a result of the violent protests in the area. Picture: Sebabatso Mosamo/EWN

    Bekkersdal matric plan could be expanded

    The Department of Education says the plan could be utilised in other areas.

    3208 days ago
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