Pretoria has been particularly hard-hit, though the rest of the province is also drowning in places. Several trees have fallen over and all the low-water bridges have been closed in Centurion, Pretoria and surrounding areas. The Gauteng Weather Service warned motorists of extensive flooding in Centurion after the Hennops and[…]
Desperate families have turned to courts to secure autopsies for their loved ones so their bodies can be released for burial, amid a “go slow” strike by Gauteng forensic services members. “I know of three court orders brought by Muslim families who are religiously required to bury within 24 hours[…]
Gauteng residents might very well ask why they have to pay e-tolls, while residents in the Western Cape have escaped the same fate, says Pieter Conradie of law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. “Given the latest judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter of the SA National Roads[…]
The Gauteng government is piloting a system that uses technology to identify unclaimed and unidentified bodies at its mortuaries. Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu says over a thousand unidentified bodies had to be given paupers burials in Gauteng last year alone. She attributed the high number of unclaimed bodies to[…]
It was another weekend of carnage on South Africa’s roads, with at least 19 people reported dead in Gauteng and seven in the Western Cape. Most of the fatalities in Gauteng were as a result of motorists driving under the influence of alcohol, according to traffic police spokesman Obed Sibasa.[…]
The reshuffle in the Gauteng cabinet marks the end of an era in the ANC, said political analyst Professor Susan Booysen. “This marks the end of an era in the ANC – that was one where President Zuma and a band of politicians could just walk over what provincial[…]
The Gauteng government will establish an office to help foreign nationals, as part of plans to curb xenophobic violence, the province’s infrastructure development MEC said on Friday. ”The premier has also announced that we shall establish an office for foreign nationals to engage with the Gauteng government and to be[…]
Islamic scholars in Gauteng descended on the Muslim community in Roshnee on Wednesday evening to openly confront the dangers posed by the Islamic State (IS). The ulema feel there is a greater sense of urgency after recent allegations that a 15 year old Cape Town girl had attempted to flee[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters must take responsibility for the attempted “land grab” in Nellmapius, Pretoria, Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Wednesday. “This land grab taking place in Tshwane by the EFF is something we condemn completely and we want the law enforcement agencies to act firmly against those who[…]
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