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FILE: It’s alleged an 11-year-old girl was abducted by three armed men while waiting for her turn to go through the COVID-19 screening at the school gate. Picture: Reinart Toerien/Eyewitness News.

Mayfair

Mayfair school pupils receive counselling after witnessing alleged kidnapping

By Mia Lindeque

The police are not commenting on kidnapping cases, but the Gauteng Department of Education has on Wednesday confirmed that law enforcement officers are...

  • FILE: Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    MEC Lesufi concerned about alleged kidnapping of pupil from Mayfair school

    It's alleged that three men abducted the grade 5 pupil in a Toyota Yaris at gunpoint on Wednesday morning while she was waiting for her turn to go through COVID-19 screening at the gate of EP Baumann Primary School in Johannesburg.

    264 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Mayfair residents frustrated by ongoing water interruptions

    Large parts of Johannesburg have been experiencing a shortage of water supply with areas such as Brixton, Hurshill and Cosby affected.

    440 days ago
  • Outside the Mayfair Jummah Masjid where a 40-year-old man was gunned down in the parking lot. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Family of man murdered at Mayfair mosque say they're now living in fear

    The motive for the shooting is not yet clear and police are still searching for the killers.

    1292 days ago
  • Outside Mayfair Jummah Masjid where a 40-year-old man was gunned down in the parking lot. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    [WATCH] Mayfair mosque shooting leaves community in shock

    The Ethiopian community in Mayfair has been left in shock after a 40-year-old father of seven was gunned down outside the Mayfair Jummah Masjid on Tuesday evening.

    1293 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS

    Mayfair's Ethiopian community in mourning after fatal mosque shooting

    The 40-year-old was accosted by two men in the parking lot on Tuesday and shot dead.

    1293 days ago
  • A train on fire at the Mayfair train station. Picture: Twitter screengrab from @Abramjee.

    Authorities investigate cause of Mayfair train fire

    Authorities say it took about an hour for firefighters to extinguish the blaze.

    1316 days ago
  • FILE: A one-year-old has died after sustaining burn wounds following a fire at a flat in Mayfair. Picture: Supplied

    Toddler dies in Mayfair flat fire

    Gauteng emergency services say the parents of the child managed to escape the flat unharmed but could not rescue the toddler due to the blaze.

    1842 days ago
  • Picture: Sxc.hu.

    5 nabbed for double Mayfair murder

    It’s understood two Ethiopian men were shot and killed by a group of Somalian nationals.

    2111 days ago
  • People walk through the streets of Mayfair in central Johannesburg, Wednesday 8 April 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Corruption robs Mayfair of its once iconic status

    Mayfair residents urged to unite against corruption, after John Robbie visits the once iconic suburb.

    2475 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    2 arrested for Mayfair hit-and-run

    Officers opened fire on a Navara during a chase and confirmed one of the suspects was wounded.

    2509 days ago
  • A Malawian refugee sits and listens to music after dinner at a sanctuary in Mayfair. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Foundation gives R2m aid to xenophobia victims

    Gift of the Givers is housing displaced foreigners at a camp in Mayfair.

    2643 days ago
  • Thousands of foreign nationals have been housed at Greenwood Park refugee camp following violent attacks on their shops in Durban. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Makhura: Xenophobia can’t represent who we are

    The Gauteng premier has called on all sectors to stand up & fight xenophobia in SA.

    2667 days ago
  • People walk through the streets of Mayfair in central Johannesburg, Wednesday 8 April 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Is Mayfair a hotbed for Isis recruitment?

    Following reports of an Isis flag being flown from a car at the weekend, EWN spoke to a Somali community leader about whether the area is a hotbed for Isis recruitment.

    2678 days ago
  • A group of looters breaking into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Baby killed, trampled by stampeding looters

    Police say a baby was killed in Kagiso when trampled by a mob of stampeding looters on Friday.

    2752 days ago
  • FILE: Police have confirmed they are investigating a case of murder after an Ethiopian man was stoned to death in Mayfair. Picture: Sxc.hu.

    Ethiopian man stoned to death in Mayfair

    The man and his 3 friends were accused by community members of robbing a local business.

    2799 days ago
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