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Once an idyllic place for the people to swim and play, Bronkhorstpruit Dam is now so polluted that it’s not safe for humans
The section of the R25, where 20 people died last Friday is a high-accident zone, says the brother of one of the victims.
Irene Simelane, who lost her grandniece in the fatal accident, speaks to The Daily Vox’s Nolwandle Zondi about the moment her fears were confirmed.
Determined engineer Sean Thomas’s green dream of a biogas plant in Bronkhorstspruit is paying off after years of delays.
After a protester was shot dead in Sebokeng during violent protests, demonstrations continued in Majakaneng, with residents burning a truck.
The public must refrain from being "armchair critics" when it comes to how the police deal with protests, says the Gauteng acting commissioner.
Service delivery protests have spread to nearby townships with a clinic, house and hall the latest buildings to be burnt down by angry residents.
More than 50 protesters have been arrested in Bronkhorstspruit after a library and a house were set alight by angry residents.
Violent service delivery protests in Bronkhorstspruit has seen demonstrators torch the Zithobeni satellite police station and municipal offices.
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Two people were killed and the third seriously injured when their minibus taxi overturned and caught fire on the N4 outside Bronkhorstspruit.
The parents of teenager Happy Sindane — who claims a black woman adducted him from a white family years ago — have still not been found, officials said on Tuesday.