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Illegal Initiation School Boys Attack Woman
On Monday, 5 October 2020, Maserame Molefe from Orange Farm, Ext. 7…
Daveyton Community in Solidarity Against RDP Housing Corruption
The community of Daveyton (on the eastrand of Johannesburg) stood together on Monday morning…
Woman Accused of Murder of Two Children in Orange Farm
A 29-year-old woman named Pontsho Mohlanka has been arrested and charged in a case where two kids…
R2K Demands Government Address Corruption and Accountability
A 29-year-old woman named Pontsho Mohlanka has been arrested and charged in a case where two kids…
Municipality Uses Political Pressure Groups to Talk to Community
The community of Rethabiseng (east of Pretoria) had a public meeting on 29 September 2020…
Lack of Community Safety Continues in Daveyton
At first the biggest issue was gangsterism: there were gangs that terrorised the whole community. In response, the community set up a patrol team. They risked their lives to try and fight these boys who were causing problems. But the patrol team had to stop…
Woman Mugged Outside Eden Park Clinic
On Wednesday 9 September, a woman carrying a six-week-old baby was mugged just as she appeared from a passageway to join the queue outside Eden Park Clinic, Alberton (East of Gauteng)…
Tensions between the Community and ELM Workers in Bophelong
Tensions flared up in Muvhango Extension Bophelong (a township near Vanderbijlpark, south of Gauteng) recently resulting in an Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) electricity team of workers fleeing the area…
SANDF Fail to Shut Down Party in Daveyton
On 5 September there was a big party that took place in Daveyton. “I was part of the crowd and experienced everything. I was at the well-known Chisa Nyama in Daveyton and it was packed…
High Water Bill Plunges Tembisa Household Into Darkness
“The house had its power cut because of a massive water bill. The bill is estimated around R113 000. To force Hadebe to pay; the authorities have resorted to the strategy of cutting off electricity supply to the yard. Hadebe…”
Mistake Leaves Shack Burning, Furniture Destroyed
“I then went to see and to my shock, my shack was on fire. That’s when I started shouting help and ran for the buckets and the neighbour came running with a water hose pipe and helping me put the…”
Bad Conditions, Bad Times
“Althea Foster had inherited the home from her late father, and was living in it with her young daughter and her adult son. She and her daughter had been visiting a friend when the fire broke out; and so was…”
