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A video captures a mother searching for her daughter after a devastating fire broke out in a building in Johannesburg this morning. Watch live: Aftermath of deadly Johannesburg fire as at least 73 ...
As looting and unrest continued in South Africa, a number of army personnel guarded the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, the country’s largest, on July 14.Local journalist Silindelo Masikane ...
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced an inquiry into the fire. [19] While government officials blamed the crisis on NGOs, who prevented the previous attempts to evict occupiers from similar properties, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] NGOs and inner city property owners argued that it was the duty of the City of Johannesburg to maintain buildings ...
By February 2022 there were 1,169 out-of-service police vehicles in Gauteng, not counting those stolen from stations, [59] which affected visible policing, detective services and support. [60] Of 5,781 police vehicles in Gauteng, 1,407 or almost a quarter were out of order in 2020, which negatively affected reaction times and visible policing.
Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. [17] Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located within the mineral-rich Witwatersrand hills, the epicentre of the international-scale mineral and gold trade.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block that may have been rented out illegally, known as a "hijacked ...
The 2019 Johannesburg riots occurred in the South African city of Johannesburg from 1–5 September 2019, leading to the deaths of at least seven people. [2] The riots were xenophobic in nature, targeting foreign nationals from other African countries. [3] Retaliatory actions by rioters in other African nations was taken against South African ...
Eskom Loadshedding Compared to Energy Produced in 2023 Eskom Nation Grid Production by Source in April 2023, rolling blackouts seen in Red. South Africa's energy crisis (or load shedding) is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply.