The case against Philani Mthiyane has been postponed to the 23rd November 2017 at the Palmridge Magistrate’s Court, for further arguments. The suspect is remanded in custody. This after Mthiyane, who was a security guard allegedly raped a 2 year old girl at her home in Sandton last year. Various NGOs including ADAPT, Life Line, Alexandra Traditional […]
Johannesburg Water spokesperson Isaac Dhludhlu says a burst water pipe which resulted in water interruption in Alexandra township and surrounding areas should be fully repaired on Wednesday afternoon or later this evening. “Once the system has been flushed we will then open the water to seal the reservoirs first because the reservoirs are all empty now. We […]
Galxcoc celebrated the Global Entrepreneurship week which started on Friday and ended on Sunday the 19th November 2017. The event was taking place at ALEX Mall, and was mostly attended by youth from around Alexandra. Youth Leader and also Project Coordinator, Sihle Mlambo says ” their celebration aims to empower local entrepreneurs, to showcase their ideas and […]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Ward 105 Alexandra says the city of Johannesburg has been slow to address the urgent sanitation needs of people living in Alexandra informal settlements. The EFF in Ward 105 says they are shocked to learn that there are still families who don’t have access to proper sanitation in Alexandra, […]
BY LEBOGANG MOLEFE A new bold movement called, #NoExcuse was launched earlier this week in Johannesburg, the initiative will run during the annual 16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. This five year commitment sees supporters such as Carling Black Label and Takuwani Riime! working hard in driving positive change amongst South African men […]
By Cliff Shiko The family of the late Thulani Mloyi, (11) who died after he allegedly drowned in the Jukskei river in Alexandra, says they have not yet buried their son due to financial constraints. Thulani who was a Grade 5 pupil at Zenzeleni Primary School, died the past two weeks while swimming with his […]
By Moribego Madubanya This year Under the leadership of Craig Newman, South Africa’s Johannesburg Expo Centre hosted the 84th UFI Global Congress from the 1st to the 4th of November 2017 at the Sandton Convention Centre under the theme “Raising the odds-Pressures and profits”. The Congress has earned its reputation as the exhibition industry’s global […]
By Cliff Shiko & Lebogang Molefe Splash for Hope awareness held a fundraising event on Tuesday morning, in Sandton to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the initiative was developed by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) whom deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is the chairman. The campaigns seeks to explore and implement innovative home-grown approaches […]
A Police officer has been wounded while another is being held hostage after a shooting in Kyalami. Officials say that at least two suspects hijacked the cops near a shopping mall in the Midrand area on Tuesday morning. When officers responded at the scene one was shot allegedly by the suspects. He’s been rushed to […]