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ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe. (Oupa Nkosi)

A blunt Mantashe makes no promises during election campaigning

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe told people in Daveyton to stop expecting handouts from the government

Daveyton Golf Club’s rabbits are out of tricks

The decline of the East Rand township’s once-proud golf club has tracked the vanishing hopes of its members.

The nine officers implicated in the death of Emidio Macia have received bail after a third attempt. (AFP)

Macia cops receive bail after third attempt

Nine police officers implicated in the murder of Daveyton taxi driver Emidio Macia have received bail in the Benoni Magistrate’s Court.

Protesters outside the Benoni Magistrate’s Court.

Police tried to protect Macia from harm, hears court

Police had tried to protect Daveyton taxi driver Emidio Macia from harm, heard the Benoni Magistrate’s Court.

The nine officers implicated in the death of Emidio Macia have received bail after a third attempt. (AFP)

Daveyton cops accused of taxi-driver death denied bail

Nine Daveyton policemen accused of killing Mozambican taxi driver Emidio Macia, by dragging him behind a police van, have lost their bail appeal.

Johannesburg’s residents are doing a lot better in adopting new modes of public transport.

Second autopsy considered for Daveyton taxi driver

A second autopsy of a minibus taxi driver who died, allegedly at the hands of the police, has been considered.

ANC teachers are politicising schools, says DA

Hijacking schools for political rallies during school hours is irresponsible, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.

DA: Union disrupting teaching for political gains

Teachers affiliated to the SA Democratic Teachers Union were sacrificing the teaching of children for electioneering, the DA said on Monday.

Taxi hijackers arrested

Three people were arrested in Daveyton, Benoni, for hijacking a taxi at gunpoint, police said on Tuesday.

Another ATM destroyed in spate of bombings

Another ATM is bombed in Gauteng as a media report reveals that explosives stolen from gold mines are being sold on the black market.