Mamelodi
Advocate Thomas Bokaba to lead probe into drowning of 2 Mamelodi boys
The boys aged four and seven died in a quarry at an unsecured construction site over a week ago.
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De Lille, Mchunu visit families of boys who drowned at Mamelodi quarry site
The boys, aged 4 and 7, drowned last Saturday while playing in the unsecured road construction site.
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The fence is an insult, says family of boy who drowned in Mamelodi quarry
A wire fence has now been erected around the area, four days after seven-year-old Siyabonga Mabila and four-year-old Lawrence Tshwenu drowned.
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2 Mamelodi mothers want justice after their children drown in quarry
It's understood the boys, aged four and seven, were swimming in the unsecured site on Saturday.
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Gauteng Community Safety Dept to assist family of Pretoria teen raped by tenant
A man suspected of committing the crime was released from police custody last week as per the court’s instruction, while the investigating officer collected more evidence.
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Living in fear: Pretoria teen raped, impregnated by tenant
She’s since had an abortion at a state hospital.
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First of its kind - Mamelodi's black-owned private clinic opens its doors
A new black-owned clinic founded by three nurses has just opened its doors in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria.
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Mamelodi residents affected by floods to spend Christmas in shelters
This comes after the Gauteng government met with residents of Eerste Fabriek informal settlement on Monday to outline a series of disaster relief intervention plans.
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Disgruntled Mamelodi residents not satisfied with govt’s promises to assist them
Residents of Eerste Fabriek and the 77 Buffer Lake informal settlement saw their homes destroyed by floods this week.
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185 people rescued from Mamelodi floods
Hundreds of New View informal settlement are displaced after floods swept their houses in Mamelodi. Tshwane Emergency Services said they managed to rescue 185 people from the area including a woman and her child who were rescued from an electric pylon. No casualties were recorded.
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Neighbours appeal for help for sickly Soshanguve woman (62) living in a shack
A concerned community in Soshanguve is worried that a shack belonging to a 62-year-old sickly woman may be swept away in the floods.
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Group shows support to family of raped Mamelodi girl
The Forum for Service Delivery said they would be in court when the suspect appears on Thursday.
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Two more suspects arrested in connection with Mamelodi school robbery
Police arrested two men on Thursday and Friday respectively, which brings to three those who have been handcuffed.
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Police hunt suspects after international students robbed at Mamelodi preschool
It is understood that five suspects accosted a group of 19 international students and two professors who were on an outreach programme at a school in the township on Monday.
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Mamelodi residents protest, barricade roads with burning tyres
Police have been deployed to the area trying to disperse protesters.
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Mamelodi’s ‘number one tsotsi’ Vusi Khekhe arrested
Vusi ‘Khekhe’ Mathibela is accused of allegedly being part of a group that’s been terrorising the community and surrounding areas over a period of time through extortion, intimidation and assault.
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Group vows to occupy Mamelodi hostels after forcibly removing residents
The group of about 50 men, wielding weapons, sealed off the hostels on Tuesday demanding that the occupants, the majority of whom are foreign nationals, leave.
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Cops monitor Mamelodi after housing clashes
The group of 50 men has accused foreign nationals of illegally occupying new residences and insists they are the rightful owners as locals.
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Family of raped Mamelodi girl (12) demand justice
The girl's aunt says that she was sexually assaulted allegedly by a man who is well known in the community.
