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    12 people injured in accident involving bus and taxi in Soweto

    The cause of the crash is not yet known.

    632 days ago
  • FILE: Illegal electricity connection. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    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.

    718 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    718 days ago
  • FILE: City Power officials on 3 June 2020 disconnected illegal electricity connections at Phumula Mqashi informal settlement in Vlakfontein. The officials were joined by JMPD and SAPS officers. Picture: @CityPowerJhb/Twitter.

    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.

    719 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels

    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.

    727 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier David Makhura speaking during a press briefing on 7 August 2020 in Johannesburg on the province’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter

    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.

    737 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    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.

    752 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.

    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.

    755 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels

    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.

    772 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    7 suspects arrested for deadly Jabulani hostel mass shooting

    Earlier this month, men with handguns and rifles opened fire on a group of people in a shack, killing six of them.

    788 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS/facebook.com

    Suspect due in court for allegedly dumping woman's body at Dobsonville veld

    The 29-year-old woman's body was found by a group of protesters who were on their way home after a demonstration against gender-based violence on Friday.

    790 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    5 people arrested in Soweto for allegedly tampering with meter boxes

    It's understood the community of Orlando East caught three men on Saturday, following a network fault.

    804 days ago
  • FILE: Community members claim they don’t have power, despite paying their bills. Picture: Supplied.

    Soweto's Snake Park residents protest over lack of electricity

    Eskom has conceded that its decision to restrict electricity supply to densely populated communities where illegal connections are rife will also have an impact on citizens who pay their bills.

    823 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    Teen accused of stabbing two elders at a Soweto hospital due in court

    One of the men, an 84-year-old, succumbed to his injuries while the 72-year-old is recovering in hospital from his stab wounds.

    825 days ago
  • The elderly at the Post office in Pimville are observing social distancing. They also all have masks on and they are sanitised at the door. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    'The queue is moving fast': Pimville pensioners praise govt's grant system

    Pensioners will also receive R250 more for the next six months as part of government’s COVID-19 relief programme.

    831 days ago
  • Pensioner Anne Snyman leaves Mitchells Plain's Town Centre after collecting her pension payout on 30 March 2020. She said she stood in line for six hours. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Technical error sees WC Sassa recipients receive duplicate payments

    Sassa said that about 83% of clients would have received duplicate payments unless the banks were able to reverse this prior to clients accessing their grants.

    832 days ago
  • Owner arrested as expired meat found in Soweto butchery

    WARNING: VIDEO NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS: Gauteng law enforcement officers led a COVID-19 lockdown joint operation in Soweto to enforce regulations and compliance. During the operations, expired meat products were found at a butchery near Bara taxi rank. The owner was arrested and the business closed.

    843 days ago
  • Members of the SAPS, Gauteng traffic police and the JMPD inspect a store in Soweto for compliance with lockdown regulations. Picture: @JoburgMPD/Twitter

    Law enforcement deploys in Soweto to enforce lockdown compliance

    Members of the SAPS, Gauteng traffic police, the SANDF as well as metro police are stopping and searching motorists.

    843 days ago
  • Acting Gauteng Social Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi on 31 March 2020 met with the family of Ellen Mbhele (66) who died outside a Sassa pay point in Pimville, Soweto, on 30 March 2020. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Family of pensioner who died at grant pay point worried about lockdown funeral

    Ellen Mbhele, 66, collapsed just outside a Sassa pay point in Pimville earlier this week.

    865 days ago
  • Several other patients were found with injuries ranging from minor to critical. Picture: @ER24EMS/Twitter

    Golden Highway accident that claimed 12 lives caused by driver who lost control

    Twelve people were killed, including three children who are siblings, after a taxi collided with another vehicle on the R553 near Soweto.

    886 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy President David Mabuza. Picture: @DDMabuza/Twitter

    Mabuza: Soweto can’t boycott Eskom forever, they must pay up

    Deputy President David Mabuza was responding to questions from members of the National Council of Provinces on a number of issues from land grabs to Eskom and energy supply.

    894 days ago
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