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ANC's Geoff Makhubo is new JHB mayor
The ANC has won the mayoral race in Johannesburg.
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JHB mayoral vote: EFF outvoted as council approves decision on ‘majority vote’
Speaker Vasco Da Gama had to halt the election twice as the red berets were adamant the opinion is flawed, but it was outvoted.
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WATCH: Election of new Joburg mayor
Herman Mashaba left office as the mayor of the City of Joburg on Wednesday.
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JHB mayor race: EFF says ready to govern, but ANC & DA have plans too
Current Democratic Alliance (DA) Mayor Herman Mashaba steps down on Wednesday.
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JHB land invasions case struck off the roll in High Court
A group of residents said to be spearheading land invasions in the south of the city was summoned to appear in court on Tuesday.
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Pandor to meet with African ambassadors over xenophobia attacks
Several parts of Gauteng have been hit by sporadic unrest which has seen shops, many of them owned by foreign nationals, being ransacked and set alight.
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1 killed, 5 wounded in new Johannesburg violence
Johannesburg and other areas were hit by a surge of attacks against businesses owned by migrants in the last week, leaving at least 10 people dead and prompting protests from several African countries.
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SA's reluctance to deal with xenophobia may breed far-right politics: experts
They said the reluctance to deal with xenophobia and the South African public's violent predisposition were enabling an environment which could result in far-right politics.
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GALLERY: Alex left in disarray following mass looting
The streets of Alexandra township in Johannesburg was left in disarray after community members looted stores owned by foreign nationals before setting them alight.
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Cops fire rubber bullets in JHB CBD while looters want foreign nationals gone
Violence erupted in the same area where Police Minister Bheki Cele addressed residents on Tuesday afternoon.
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Ramaphosa: Xenophobia puts South Africans abroad at risk of retaliatory attacks
There is 'no justification to blame foreigners for lack of jobs. This must be stopped,' President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a video posted on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
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JHB taxi driver to be charged with attempted murder over road rage shooting
The driver was angered by a motorist who drove slowly looking for parking in the CBD on Friday.
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Makhura: Counterfeit goods in Jhb CBD are destroying the economy
Officers returned to the city centre on Wednesday to raid businesses selling counterfeit goods.
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Teen stabbed to death outside Joburg school
ER24 paramedics say they found the teenager dead when they arrived on the scene on Wednesday morning.
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City Power employee dismissed over misconduct, gross negligence
MMC for infrastructure services Nico de Jager says the man was found guilty of misconduct and gross negligence, resulting in financial loss to the City of Johannesburg.
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City Power technicians on standby after power outages
City Power on Saturday said the system had stabilised since from power outages that affected several suburbs in Johannesburg on Friday.
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OPINION: What a failed Joburg project tells us about mega cities in Africa
Modderfontein has faded away from the public consciousness. The story of why it failed has never been adequately told in the media.
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Mashaba: Electricity pylon collapse should never have happened
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba says an investigation will now be launched to understand what caused a City Power pylon to collapse in Alexandra, setting shacks alight.
