Soweto
Police monitoring taxi driver protest in Soweto
Taxis are barricading the road on Klipspruit Valley near the N17 Soweto highway.
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Equal Education says lack of water at Goza Primary is unlawful
Earlier on Monday, Eyewitness News reported on how the school has been fighting for six years to get the provincial Department of Education to address the problem.
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Thirsting for excellence: Soweto school struggling to access water for 6 years
The Goza Primary School, which accommodates 1,400 pupils, has now been forced to largely come up with its own plans to make sure that those on site can at least survive on the bare minimum.
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'I'm not stressed, I'm still the ANC secretary-general,' says Magashule
Ace Magashule told journalists that he was not stressed about the 30-day deadline set by the ANC's national executive committee for members facing criminal charges to step aside.
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Leafing a legacy: Corruption accused Magashule to plant trees in Soweto
Ace Magashule recently visited the area during campaigning for by-elections and he promised to go back and donate the trees.
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Eskom technicians in Midrand, Soweto, Lonehill to fix network faults
The faults are affecting parts of these communities and the utility can't yet give an estimated time of restoration.
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Several roads in Soweto blocked due to protest over electricity
Elias Motsoaledi Road has been cordoned off with rocks and stones.
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Several churchgoers arrested after clashing with JMPD officers in Soweto
One congregant and a Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer were taken to hospital when the group attacked law enforcement on Sunday at Unity Fellowship Church.
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‘We were broken’ – JHB family on how COVID-19 tore them apart after two deaths
The Khoza family lost two relatives in the space of just three weeks.
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Eskom cuts power in Soweto, Vaal & West Rand to avoid network overloading
The utility said it’s trying to avoid network overloading in high-density areas.
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12 people injured in accident involving bus and taxi in Soweto
The cause of the crash is not yet known.
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Eskom won’t negotiate conditions for restoration of power in Soweto
Residents, who have been without electricity since June, took their frustrations to Eskom’s front door on Tuesday, staging a protest outside Megawatt Park.
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Dark start today for Soweto, Vaal communities with load reduction
Eskom said it would implement load reduction in high density areas to prevent network overloading.
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Cut illegal connections or stay in the dark, Eskom tells Soweto residents
Residents of Pimville Zone 2, who have been left without electricity supply for three months after a transformer exploded, have staged a protest outside the power utility's headquarters, Megawatt Park in Sunninghill.
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Load reduction: Eskom cuts power in large parts of Soweto, Ivory Park
The utility said it’s implemented so-called "load reduction" to prevent networking overloading in these areas.
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Makhura raises concerns over Soweto’s increase in COVID-19 cases
The Gauteng premier said the provincial government would implement several interventions to curb the surge of infections in Soweto, including law enforcement to ensure that regulations are adhered to by residents.
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Two held for rape, murder of Soweto grandmother, sexual assault of granddaughter
The rapists gained access to their home in Dobsonville on Friday, where they raped the 21-year-old woman at gunpoint. The gang also sexually assaulted her grandmother in another room. The elderly woman later succumbed to her injuries.
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Soweto residents beginning to pay off some of their electricity debt - Eskom
Last year, Eskom officials said that residents were R18 billion in arrears, which included the accumulative interest.
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Parts of Soweto, Vaal without power due to load reduction - Eskom
The utility said it was part of its efforts to avoid the network overloading in high-density areas where illegal connections were rife.
