Tembisa
Close to 20 people arrested in connection with illegal schools in Ivory Park
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi led a delegation of department officials and police to clamp down on the illegal operations.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited two schools in Ivory Park that were suspected to be operating illegally. Nearly 20 people were arrested, including the principal of one of the schools.
Police medical officials and some MECs gathered at the Phumulani Mall parking lot where they direct people to mobile testing units.
Khula Sizwe Primary was targeted in the early hours of Thursday morning as the robbers stole electronics and cash.
It is understood the robbers gained access to the school's safe and made off with an undisclosed amount of money, laptops, speakers and iPads.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Tembisa in Johannesburg to learn about Youth Employment Service (YES), an organisation launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year to deter the growth of youth unemployment in South Africa.
Several shops were looted and set alight in Malvern in the Johannesburg CBD area on 1 September 2019. The looting and violence spread overnight to Denver and other areas.
More than 40 people have been arrested in connection with the unrest in Jeppestown, Malvern, Tembisa and surrounding areas.
President Cyril Ramaphosa refused to take any questions from journalists during his elections campaign in Tembisa on Thursday, going so far as to even avoid eye contact with anyone but the people of Tembisa. The Presidency recently said the president would return a donation from Bosasa issued for his presidential campaign.
It’s understood the man who was on the police’s list of wanted criminals confronted the officers and fired shots on Saturday night.
The police's Lungelo Dlamini says they are investigating cases of attempted house and business robbery, attempted murder as well as possession of unlicensed firearms.
In the first incident, four robbers tried to break into a house in Bryanston on Thursday night when the owner of the property opened fire killing one of the men instantly.
At least 15 people have been wounded and five have been arrested since anti-crime protests started on Friday after a woman was shot dead and her niece was wounded in an apparent gang shooting.
Brothers Sibongiseni and Bongani Mngoma, as well as their friend Nkosi Mthembu, were found murdered on Wednesday in Ivory Park.
It is understood that the bodies of two of the victims were found in a taxi parked outside a shop on Wednesday while the third was discovered nearby.
It's understood the bodies of two of the victims were found in a taxi parked outside a shop earlier on Wednesday, while the third was discovered nearby.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina handed out title deeds to Tembisa residents on Friday as part of the Thuma Mina campaign.
The police’s Lungelo Dlamini says both officers were wounded, while the criminals ran away.
Police confiscated six unlicensed firearms and a stolen vehicle they were using to commit crime.