A second earth tremor has been felt in the eastern parts of Johannesburg, about two hours after the first tremor was felt across Johannesburg on Thursday evening. Gauteng residents say they felt two earth tremors last night, each lasting a few seconds. Residents in Lenasia, Germiston and Boksburg say they felt[…]
British Airways in South Africa is working with UK authorities to investigate how two suspected stowaways got on to a flight from Johannesburg to London. “We are working with the London metro [Metropolitan Police] and authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts surrounding this very rare situation,” said Stephen Forbes,[…]
Certain areas of Johannesburg felt the earth shake on Saturday. News24’s Naledi Shange said she felt the ground shake in Pimville, Soweto. “I initially thought it was blasting somewhere around here. The ground shook for a few seconds,” she said. Funiwe Daweti also from Pimville said: “I heard a sound[…]
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered at Pieter Roos Park in Hillbrow, Johannesburg on Thursday. The multi-cultural and multi-coloured crowd held aloft banners, posters and placards to protest against the recent attacks on foreign nationals in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that left at least seven people[…]
Gauteng premier David Makhura and Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau are on Thursday expected to join a march in the city against xenophobic violence. It is intended to demonstrate “the overwhelming rejection of these heinous acts”, the organisers, who include several civil society organisations and trade unions, said in a statement.[…]
Friday’s shocking suicide of a man egged on by an unsympathetic crowd has brought to the fore concerns of the growing stigma, and lack of empathy suffered by those with mental illness. The incident, which took place in the heart of the Johannesburg CBD, has yielded much criticism for the[…]
No injuries were reported when a 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit Johannesburg in the early hours of Friday morning, paramedics said. Johannesburg emergency services spokeswoman Nana Radebe said no injuries were reported and they were not called out to help anyone. ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak said they were on stand-by after[…]
A gang of men robbed worshippers at a central Johannesburg mosque this week, Gauteng police said on Sunday. “The case was only opened yesterday [Saturday] but the incident happened on Thursday,” Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said. “Six unknown people attacked those people while they were praying and robbed them of cellphones,[…]
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