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City Power says load shedding a reality for today

By Lerato Höffele

The power supplier said it received a request from Eskom to implement rolling blackouts due to high demand.

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    West Rand high school shuts after positive COVID-19 case confirmed

    While it's still unclear whether the virus was contracted by a pupil or a teacher, the school said that it would alert parents through an SMS on when lessons would resume.

    317 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier David Makhura briefs the media following a meeting with Sibanye-Stillwater representatives on 27 May 2020. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    Makhura declares West Rand a COVID-19 hotspot

    The mining area has seen an increase in coronavirus cases since the lockdown was lowered to alert level four earlier this month.

    330 days ago
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    West Rand residents must argue why their power shouldn’t be cut off

    The company has failed to reach an agreement to settle that bill and residents are now facing the prospect of having to go without power for weeks.

    454 days ago
  • The Rea Vaya bus station in the Zamimpilo Informal Settlement on Commando Road between Main Reef & Albertina Sisulu Rd which was vandalised on Sunday. Picture: @AskTheChiefJMPD/Twitter

    City of Joburg condemns vandalism of Rea Vaya station

    It’s understood community members damaged the Bosmont bus station during a service delivery protest on Sunday.

    729 days ago
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    Ramaphosa on election campaign trail in the West Rand

    Excited supporters crowded Ramaphosa to take selfies and to shake his hand.

    740 days ago
  • A screengrab of the Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp.

    Munsieville residents call off protest as alleged mob attackers granted bail

    Nine men appeared in the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court on Tuesday after the weekend attack.

    764 days ago
  • A man walks past a dump site in Ebumnandini on the West Rand, which residents complain is a health risk because they don’t have dustbins. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Ebumnandini: We won't vote until we get what we want

    The community is now threatening a shutdown on election day while calling for their informal settlement to be proclaimed a township.

    766 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    DA concerned about robbery at some West Rand clinics over lack of security

    It’s understood the Gauteng Health Department hasn't made payments to security companies and the security guards have now gone on strike.

    844 days ago
  • The Randfontein drug laboratory raided by police on 21 November 2018. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Former soccer star arrested for allegedly running drug lab in Randfontein

    The man was arrested together with his three workers on Wednesday when the police's crime intelligence and anti-gang unit raided a property in the area.

    882 days ago
  • West Rand district municipality employees protested over unpaid salaries outside the office of the Gauteng premier on 14 November 2018. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    'Lesufi previously failed to fulfil a promise to pay workers'

    Protesting municipal employees marched to the office of the mayor on Wednesday to deliver a memorandum of demands.

    888 days ago
  • FILE: Cooperative Governance MEC Uhuru Moiloa. Picture: EWN.

    Salary uncertainty for West Rand municipality workers

    The municipality failed to pay workers on time in October and only did so after employees held councillors hostage overnight on Wednesday.

    902 days ago
  • One of the cars riddled with bullets at the scene of a shooting in Zuurbekom. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    No arrests yet after Zuurbekom church shooting

    It’s believed two rival church groups were involved in this morning’s incident, although it is still unclear what the motive behind the attack was.

    903 days ago
  • Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Uhuru Moiloa. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter.

    [UPDATE] West Rand municipal councillors held hostage by workers freed

    Workers stormed into a council meeting on Wednesday and held councillors captive, demanding they be paid.

    903 days ago
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    West Rand cops discover bodies of 3 men in veld

    The victims had been dumped behind a recycling house on Main Reef Road with their hands tied behind their backs.

    1051 days ago
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    Joburg man arrested for possession of drugs worth R5.2m

    The Hawks say the suspect was spotted on Wednesday hastily parking a car and then getting into another vehicle which left the Florida Junction parking lot.

    1141 days ago
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    3 suspects arrested after business robbery on West Rand

    Five men robbed the Khutsong Supermarket on Thursday and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

    1259 days ago
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    [WATCH] Gauteng storm: 'My daughter was stuck under my house'

    Peter Xhali from Orient Hills on the West Rand of Joburg told EWN about the moment he realised his daughter was stuck under the shack they were living in after a massive thunderstorm swept through Gauteng on Monday.

    1289 days ago
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    West Rand man rearrested after shooting same victim twice

    After being released on bail, the man then allegedly shot and wounded the same victim again.

    1311 days ago
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