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/ 8 September 2009
The Gauteng government owes suppliers R1,7-billion in outstanding fees, provincial minister of finance Mandla Nkomfe said on Tuesday.
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/ 4 September 2009
M&G reporters joined the BRT queues this week to capture the mood of commuters before and after the violent attack near Nancefield hostel in Soweto.
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/ 3 September 2009
Military police arrested soldiers facing ”various charges” at Doornkop military base south of Johannesburg on Thursday, an official said.
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/ 2 September 2009
Johannesburg’s policy of not offering water on credit to residents of Phiri, Soweto, as it does elsewhere, is discriminatory, a court has heard.
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/ 2 September 2009
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on Wednesday condemned ”in the strongest possible terms” the overnight shooting of a BRT bus in Soweto.
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/ 1 September 2009
Morne Harmse has shown no remorse for his killing of a fellow student with a sword, the high court in Johannesburg heard on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2009
Court officials on Tuesday laid various swords and masks on a table just before a court started sentencing a teenager Morne Harmse.
The lawyer for ANCYL leader Julius Malema applied for his hate-speech complaint to be dismissed in the Equality Court in Johannesburg on Monday.
Government is planning a massive show of political and security muscle at Sunday’s launch of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit system.
Thursday morning’s radar problems at OR Tambo Airport were caused by the upgrade of the main navigation aid, the company managing the work said.
Thousands of people welcomed athlete Caster Semenya on her return to Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by former apartheid policeman Wybrand du Toit to get his job back.
A couple and their twin babies who were set alight in Blairgowrie have all subsequently died, the Star reported on Tuesday.
Police said on Saturday that they will meet with the business community to expand their presence in Gauteng malls.
Not yet, he says of ambitions to be president, but
never say never
Three men have been convicted for the murder of 12-year-old Emily Williams, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday.
Percy Mabandu speaks to eco-friendly artist Mbongeni Buthelezi about the skill and hard work required to ‘paint’ with plastic.
Colleagues of murdered Bona magazine editor and Soweto TV chairperson Force Khashane on Thursday described him as ”a dignified man”.
Commuters travelling on the soon-to-be-launched Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will be allowed a day of free rides when the buses start operating.
Gauteng economic development minister Firoz Cachalia undertook to create jobs by encouraging self-employment in his budget vote speech on Thursday.
Cheryl de la Rey, the new vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria, is excited by the abundant possibilities of the job.
Police will raid buildings they suspect have been hijacked, Gauteng community safety minister Khabisi Mosunkutu said on Thursday.
Power in central Johannesburg was fully restored in the early hours of Monday morning following an underground fire last week, an official said.
Deep in the heart of Johannesburg’s East Rand suburb of Kempton Park stands the Khayalami Hospital, empty and unused for 12 years.
Mary Sibande is more than just another arty-farty township chick, writes Percy Mabandu.
The University of Johannesburg is part of an international team that has just finished work on agreeing on a standard plant DNA barcode.
The City of Johannesburg plans to upgrade all informal settlements by 2014, mayor Amos Masondo said on Wednesday.
City Power has provided back-up power to at least 70% of the homes and businesses affected by an underground fire in the Johannesburg CBD this week.
Johannesburg’s CBD could be without power until late this week after an underground electrical fire, City Power spokesperson Louis Pieterse said.
John Hlophe is opposing a court bid by media houses to force the JSC to open a probe into his alleged misconduct to the public.
A court will on Tuesday hear a bid by the media to set aside the JSC’s decision to hold a preliminary investigation into John Hlophe.
Firemen managed to stop an underground power-cable fire in downtown Johannesburg by mid-morning on Monday, emergency services said.