Gift Tlou

Multimedia Journalist, Pretoria News

ICYMI: Major woes for Bushiri and wife as Hawks go deeper in their alleged money-laundering case

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Shepherd Bushiril along with another couple have been arrested after being linked to an alleged R102 million fraud and money-laundering operation involving a Sandton-based ...

Grieving mom accuses cops of bungling crash scene in which son died

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Vanessa Venter says police failed to dispatch their forensic team to a scene of accident in which her son died to determine the cause.

Suspended Tembisa Hospital CEO refuses to go down without a fight

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Dr Lekopane Mogaladi’s legal team remain resolute in their course to challenge the findings of Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba.

No justice for domestic worker mauled by employer’s nine dogs

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Silindile Ntshangase was attacked by nine dogs at her workplace three years ago yet no one has been held accountable.

DA and EFF slam Maile’s visit to troubled Emfuleni as political tactic and PR exercise

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MEC Lebogang Maile and Emfuleni mayor Gift Morane undertook a service delivery site inspection intended to unlock bottlenecks and accelerate service delivery in ...

Wits University’s IT guru wins top ICT award

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Dr Stanley Mpofu has been at the forefront of developing smart classrooms at Wits University and recently won the visionary leadership award for ICT.

’My husband’s 7-day Covid hell at Free State hospital’

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A woman has raised concerns about the treatment her sick husband received at the Fezile ...

’Charlotte Maxeke hospital has been poorly maintained for years’

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Fire fighters battled the blaze at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital throughout the night on Friday and into Saturday morning, while 400 patients were evacuated ...

Joburg’s service delivery acceleration programme leaves smile on Ivory Park residents

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Joburg mayor Geoff Makhubo says they want to live up to their promise of working towards improving people’s lives.

Cause of fire that claimed 9 lives in abandoned Joburg building not yet known

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Nine people who were living in some of the 100 shacks erected inside an abandoned building in the Joburg CBD were burnt to death after a fire broke out.

Supplier repossesses Emfuleni Municipality’s toner cartridges over R800k debt

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Emfuleni Municipality’ allegedly owes more than R1 billion to all its suppliers.

Farmworker not given pension payout despite 30-year service

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Nomsa Hlulani says her husband worked in a farm for over 30-years but she is yet to get his service payout three years since his death.

Hawks arrest senior police officer for extortion and corruption

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Hawks’ serious corruption investigation unit in Germiston arrested a 55-year-old police lieutenant-colonel after he was positively linked with extortion and corruption ...

Sebokeng drivers’ licence centre incomplete and in ruins despite R75m poured into it

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The Sebokeng Drivers License Testing Centre, which was supposed to have een completed in 2016, is still not functioning despite the contractor pocketing R75 million. ...

Ekurhuleni to exhume baby for DNA testing after mom claims she was forced to bury wrong child

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A baby’s body is to be exhumed after a Daveyton mother claimed that Far East Rand Hospital wrongfully gave her a deceased child whom she was pushed to bury.

R25m spent to replace stolen cables, vandalised infrastructure in Lenasia and Eldos

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City Power says the growth of illegal land invasions and unplanned informal settlements were worsening issues of power supply in Joburg.

DA wants Human Rights Commission to urgently probe vaccine roll-out plan

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The DA says the vaccination of healthcare workers has been impossibly slow and no single jab was administered in the last four days.

Sedibeng Municipality allegedly gave bursary to HR director’s daughter

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Sedibeng Municipality finds itself embroiled in a scandal after allegations that it gave a bursary to the daughter of it’s HR director.

R15m medical bill sours Joburg’s relationship with Milpark Hospital

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City of Joburg allegedly incurred R15m medical bill after its employees injured on duty received treatment at Milpark Hospital.

Union demands permanent recognition of EPWP workers

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THE STAR - The Gauteng Department of Health has come under sharp scrutiny for its Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).

City of Joburg’s R500m red fleet tender declared unlawful, invalid

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THE STAR - The City of Joburg’s red fleet tender valued at over R500 million has been declared “unlawful and constitutionally invalid”.

City of Johannesburg unveils R1. 6bn Long Street housing project

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THE STAR - The City of Joburg is on a mission to tackle housing segregation across the city. It unveiled the R1. 6bn Long Street Social Housing project to be built ...

Emfuleni, which owes Eskom R3bn, wants power utility to stop with disconnections

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Eskom embarked on a programme to disconnect electricity in areas such as Sebokeng and Evaton as it is owed R3-billion by Emfuleni Municipality.

Families given 30 days to vacate houses they occupied for decades

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More than than 40 families in Boksburg are rushing against time to vacate houses they have occupied for decades or face “ejectment”.

Joburg blames failure to upgrade informal settlements on Covid-19

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The City of Joburg has attributed its Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme’s failures to the Covid-19 pandemic.