Kliptown
Police increase visibility in Kliptown after 4 killed in gang violence
Residents said that it had been three months now since members of the notorious DSS gang began terrorising them.
Angry Kliptown residents said that they were living in fear as gangs had taken over the township.
Angry residents of Kliptown said they could not sit back while gangs terrorise their community.
They've now taken matters into their own hands, bringing the areas to a standstill by barricading main roads.
Three people have been arrested on charges of assault, arson and malicious damage to property after a community leader in Kliptown was attacked with a panga.
The president has on Friday afternoon officially signed the bill into law in Kliptown in Soweto.
The child was swept away by a stream on Friday while playing along the Klipvalley River in Kliptown when he was swept away by the stream.
Mathabe Ndlozi says the ambulance crew parked about 200 meters away from her cousin's house and called his wife to come to them instead.
It’s not yet clear why the community is protesting but it is understood that it is linked to electricity, housing, free education and jobs.
Government leaders in the province resolved to set up a team to address grievances, with the collaboration of community leaders.
There have been running battles involving police and private security there on Tuesday evening.
Residents are unhappy with service delivery in Kliptown, stating that politicians continue to promise them basic services and never deliver.
The community has raised concerns about their current ward councillor, Pam Sibanyoni.
Nicholas Robinson was approached by a group of men and shot 13 times earlier this month.
Cops say the man abducted a woman and raped her. She later led them to his shack before the confrontation.
Yesterday, 600 members community members marched to the provincial government offices in the CBD.
The local flying squad followed the tracker and discovered ten more vehicles parked in a scrapyard.
Lungisani Mdlolo escaped between the holding cells & the court room ahead of sentencing yesterday.
Kliptown residents are protesting the disconnection of their electricity.