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  • EMS crews at a manhole in Klipspruit West to search for six-year-old Khaya Magadla who fell into a manhole in Soweto. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Reactionary servicing of sewage networks prolonging Khaya Magadla search: expert

    Public infrastructure expert Gundo Maswime has told Eyewitness News most municipalities do not have an adequate register of its assets, including its water networks.

    43 days ago
  • Khaya Magadla fell into an open manhole while playing with friends .in Dlamini, Soweto, on 12 June 2022.. Picture: Supplied.

    Joburg EMS on Khaya Magadla: We'll know by end of Saturday what the next step is

    Saturday marks thirteen days since the six-year-old fell into an open manhole while playing with friends in Dlamini, Soweto.

    44 days ago
  • EMS crews at a manhole in Klipspruit West to search for six-year-old Khaya Magadla who fell into a manhole in Soweto. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Khaya Magadla: Rescue team to scale down as search reaches final stretch

    It’s been nearly two weeks of searching for Khaya Magadla in a resource-intensive operation involving high-level technology, heavy-duty machinery, water technicians – as well rescuers from the police, and the EMS Aquatic Rescue Unit.

    45 days ago
  • EMS crews at a manhole in Klipspruit West to search for six-year-old Khaya Magadla who fell into a manhole in Soweto. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Joburg EMS: No plans to call off search for Khaya Magadla (6) yet

    Joburg EMS said that it was exploring all possible avenues to find the body of the six-year-old who fell into a manhole while playing with friends in Dlamini, Soweto.

    46 days ago
  • A relative of the missing Khaya Magadla, Derrick Khumalo, kneels down to pray near the manhole on Fuchia Street in Klipspruit West on 22 June 2022. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/EWN.

    Disappointment as search team finds a rock instead of Khaya Magadla

    The search operation has now entered its tenth day and there’s still no sign of the seven-year-old who slipped into an open manhole while playing with friends.

    47 days ago
  • Police on standby in Pimville after protest action caused disruptions on Monday morning. Residents in parts of Soweto want Jhb mayor Mpho Phalatse to address service delivery issues. Picture: Nokukhanya Mntambo/Eyewitness News.

    Calm expected in Soweto after service delivery protests

    This comes after residents in Diepkloof, Pimville, Moletsane and Jabulani took to the streets in service delivery protests that brought traffic to a standstill.

    48 days ago
  • Put politics aside, focus on our electricity: Soweto residents to Phalatse

    Soweto residents marched to the office of Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse In Braamfontein from Maponya Mall to protest over service delivery issues. #SowetoShutdown

    48 days ago
  • A screengrab of Soweto residents gathering at the Maponya Mall on 21 June 2022 ahead of their protest march to the office of the Joburg mayor. Picture: @khanya_mntambo/Twitter

    Soweto residents gather at Maponya Mall ahead of march to mayor’s office

    Law enforcement has gathered in the area, keeping watch over the planned protest.

    48 days ago
  • Police on standby in Pimville after protest action caused disruptions on Monday morning. Residents in parts of Soweto want Jhb mayor Mpho Phalatse to address service delivery issues. Picture: Nokukhanya Mntambo/Eyewitness News.

    Soweto roads open despite protest threat, planned march to mayor’s office

    Residents of Soweto woke up to disruptions on Monday, with protests over power cuts and poor service delivery.

    49 days ago
  • Protestors blocked Koma & Bolani streets in Jabulani, Soweto with rocks and burning tyres on 20 June 2022. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter

    Motorists, commuters warned to brace for second day of protests in Soweto

    A group of residents from Pimville and Klipspruit are expected to take to the streets again on Tuesday morning over a lack of service delivery, a long-standing dispute over electricity as well as calls for the removal of informal settlements across the township.

    49 days ago
  • The little boy’s family huddled together and wept as they joined residents who also prayed for little boy to be found. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/EWN.

    Soweto residents pray for the best on missing Khaya Magadla's birthday

    On the eighth day of the search and recovery operation, officials again returned empty-handed after Magadla fell into a manhole at a local park on Sunday, 12 June.

    49 days ago
  • Protestors blocked Koma & Bolani streets in Jabulani, Soweto with rocks and burning tyres on 20 June 2022. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter

    Soweto protest organiser promises peaceful march to mayor's office on Tuesday

    This after disgruntled residents blockaded major routes in and out of the area, including Dieplkoof and Pimville on Monday morning.

    49 days ago
  • Roads in Soweto have been barricaded with rocks and burning tyres on 20 June 2022. Picture: @ReaVayaBus/Twitter

    Soweto protest a build-up to even bigger shutdown - protest organiser

    Major routes have been blockaded since early on Monday morning, with traffic disrupted and Rea Vaya bus commuters left stranded.

    50 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Protestors block routes into Soweto with rocks, burning tyres

    All main roads along Rea Vaya bus routes in Soweto have also been blocked by protesters.

    50 days ago
  • EMS crews at a manhole in Klipspruit West to search for six-year-old Khaya Magadla who fell into a manhole in Soweto. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Khaya Magadla, Soweto boy who fell in manhole, still not found

    The six-year-old from Dlamini, Soweto, fell into an open manhole on Sunday while playing with friends.

    52 days ago
  • Community helps search for Khaya Magadla who fell in manhole

    The search for six-year-old Khaya Magadla, who fell into a manhole in Dlamini, Soweto, was called off for the day on 14 June 2022.

    55 days ago
  • EMS looking into a manhole in Klipspruit to search for six-year-old Khaya Magadla who fell in a manhole in Soweto. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Hopes of finding boy who fell into Soweto manhole alive dwindle

    The search for the six-year-old Soweto boy who fell into a manhole in Dlamini on Sunday afternoon earlier moved to a location near the Avalon Cemetery.

    55 days ago
  • Teams from the from the Joburg EMS have been searching for him since Monday. Picture: Robert Mulaudzi/Twitter

    Family of Soweto boy who fell down manhole want closure with recovery of body

    It’s understood that six-year-old Khaya Magadla fell into the manhole while playing with friends over the weekend. His family said that they had lost hope that he was still alive.

    55 days ago
  • FILE: Former KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. Picture: @kzngov/Twitter

    Zikalala, Mchunu agree to drop criminal cases against each other

    The pair last week accused each other of assault following an event in Durban.

    56 days ago
  • Teams from the from the Joburg EMS have been searching for him since Monday. Picture: Robert Mulaudzi/Twitter

    Search for Soweto boy who fell into manhole expected to resume on Tuesday

    The boy slipped into a manhole while playing with friends on Sunday.

    56 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Pimville residents block roads, cause traffic disruptions during protest

    It's unclear what they are unhappy about, however, they have blocked roads causing traffic disruptions.

    78 days ago
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