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FILE: Police monitoring a protest in the Reiger Park area. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

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EMPD monitoring Boksburg protest, roads near Reiger Park closed

By Mia Lindeque

It’s not yet clear what sparked the protest, but police and metro police are on the scene.

  • Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/Eyewitness News

    Taxi industry conflict exacerbated by law officials who own taxis, inquiry says

    Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo has released the findings into the underlying recurring violence and fatalities in the taxi industry.

    468 days ago
  • FILE: EMPD vans. Picture: EWN.

    Ipid hunts EMPD officer accused of kidnapping girlfriend

    It’s understood the 27-year-old cop from the Katlehong police station assaulted his girlfriend on Sunday and took her to a field where he threatened to kill her with a pistol and three knives.

    533 days ago
  • Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department. Picture: EWN.

    ANC in Ekurhuleni ‘disappointed’ EMPD officer who attacked woman still on duty

    A week has passed since the assault in which the officer allegedly slapped and punched a woman in the face after she had asked him to wear a mask.

    714 days ago
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    EMPD arrests 2 alleged illegal miners in Boksburg

    Officials say they found explosives after searching a shack belonging to one of the suspects.

    1453 days ago
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    EMPD officers arrested for accepting bribe in Katlehong

    Its alleged the two male officers stopped a truck driver earlier this week and requested a bribe after claiming he did not have the correct documentation.

    1473 days ago
  • FILE: An Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department vehicle. Picture: EWN

    City of Ekurhuleni condemns alleged assault on female EMPD officer

    EMPD's Wilfred Kgasago says that any form of abuse against women and other vulnerable members of society is unacceptable.

    1476 days ago
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    EMPD monitoring protest action in Vosloorus

    Demonstrators barricaded roads with burning tyres and rubble early this morning.

    1506 days ago
  • Gavel on cuffs. Picture: SAPS

    Man accused of stabbing 4 people to appear in court on Monday

    EMPD's Wilfred Kgasago says the man faces murder and attempted murder charges in the Tembisa Magistrates Court.

    1564 days ago
  • A screengrab, via a video shared by Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Twitter, shows a police officer 'eating' money. Picture: @MbalulaFikile

    ‘Money eating’ police officers suspended

    The pair was showing off lunch packs littered with bank notes and appeared to be eating the money.

    1664 days ago
  • A screengrab, via a video shared by Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Twitter, shows a police officer 'eating' money. Picture: @MbalulaFikile

    ‘Money-eating’ EMPD officers get pre-suspension letters

    The EMPD says the officers have brought the department into disrepute and acted in an unprofessional manner.

    1670 days ago
  • FILE: Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department. Picture: EWN.

    RMTC condemns attack on EMPD officer in Nigel

    An unknown man pushed the EMPD official to the ground and dragged him while people cheered him on.

    2106 days ago
  • FILE: A Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department car. Picture: Supplied.

    [WATCH] Traffic officer assaulted outside Nigel school

    The EMPD officer was attacked, in full view of children, at the Dunnottar Primary School in Nigel.

    2107 days ago
  • A man was arrested after being caught driving at 158 kilometres per hour, in a 120 kilometre zone. Picture: EMPD.

    Ekurhuleni speedster to appear in court on Monday

    The man was travelling on the N3 near Heidelburg at 158 kilometres per hour in a 120 zone.

    2335 days ago
  • FILE. The Ekurhuleni officer knocked the little girl over while swerving to avoid potholes. Picture: Supplied to EWN.

    EMPD officer faces disciplinary hearing over Vosloorus accident

    The officer faces charges of gross negligence for allegedly knocking over & killing, a three-year-old girl.

    2410 days ago
  • FILE. The men were found in possession of a pistol with its serial number filed off as well as several handbags, purses and cellphones. Picture: sxc.hu

    EMPD busts hijacking gang operating in Boksburg

    Officers tracked a car that was hijacked from a couple in Boksburg to Roodekop early this morning.

    2433 days ago
  • FILE. A 3-year-old girl was killed after being knocked over by an EMPD vehicle in Vosloorus. Picture: Supplied to EWN.

    No arrests made after girl (3) killed by ‘speeding’ EMPD car

    Three months after the toddler was knocked over & killed, the officer implicated has not been arrested.

    2433 days ago
  • FILE: The scene after a fourth teenager survived a necklacing in Etwatwa on 17 September 2015. Picture: Emily Corke/EWN.

    Gangsterism in Etwatwa 'has divided the community'

    Three teenagers were necklaced in Etwatwa on Sunday while another survived an attack yesterday.

    2441 days ago
  • A 3-year-old girl was killed after being knocked over by an EMPD vehicle in Vosloorus. Picture: Supplied to EWN.

    Ipid investigates after EMPD car claims girl's life

    Ipid only got involved in the case this week after hearing about the incident through the media.

    2505 days ago
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