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Brakpan Incident: 12-Year-Old Driver in Court After Fatal Accident with 14-Year-Old Pedestrian

Africa · Brakpan

Brakpan Incident: 12-Year-Old Driver in Court After Fatal Accident with 14-Year-Old Pedestrian

67% Right coverage: 3 sources

For three minutes, 16-year-old Antonio Posthumus tried to resuscitate his friend Malcolm Booysens after he was hit by a car driven by a 12-year-old boy in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni.See the Story

'Lovely Kid': Auckland Police Make Arrest After Fatal Papatoetoe Hit-and-Run

Mazda · Brakpan

'Lovely Kid': Auckland Police Make Arrest After Fatal Papatoetoe Hit-and-Run

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

Police have made an arrest after a 14-year-old boy was killed in a fatal hit-and-run in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe in March. Tāmaki Makaurau serious...See the Story

South Africa: Benoni Pensioners Take to the Streets

Business · Benoni

South Africa: Benoni Pensioners Take to the Streets

Coverage: 2 sources

Fix our flats, protesters tell municipality See the Story

Alberton family seeks answers following the death of their newborn

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Alberton, Gauteng · Alberton See the Story

Stolen truck and trailers recovered in the Benoni area - Truck and Freight Information Online

On Tuesday, 10 June 2025, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Eastern Region Task Team Unit Officers, in conjunction with Gauteng Traffic, recovered a reported stolen truck with two (2) semi-trailers and arrested two (2) suspects aged thirty-one (31) and twenty-five (25) for possession of a stolen vehicle, in the […]Benoni · Benoni See the Story

Police hunt killers after metro officers gunned down

By Everson Luhanga Two metro police officers were shot dead and robbed of their service pistols in a Tembisa ambush attack. Police launch manhunt for gunmen who fled in getaway car after brutal Thursday night shooting. Two Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police officers were shot dead in an ambush while waiting for backup in Tembisa on Thursday night. The officers were sitting in their car in the Umthambeka Section when gunmen approached and opened fi…Tembisa · Tembisa Read Article

Family of teen killed by underage driver inconsolable

Family of teen killed by underage driver inconsolable luntu.lamani Fri, 06/13/2025 - 08:02 Brakpan traffic collision Brakpan traffic collision JOHANNESBURG - 'Parents should never have to bury their child.' That heartbreaking sentiment coming from Malcolm Booysens' aunt.This anguish comes as the 14-year-old died after being struck by a car this past weekend. READ: 12-year-old driver crashes car into 14-year-oldAdding to the devastation, …Brakpan · Brakpan Read Article

2025: The year of justice for all Africans – The Mail & Guardian

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

This year’s Africa Day event was held at Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld High School sports grounds in Kempton Park and was hosted by the group of African heads of diplomatic missions accredited with the Republic of South Africa.Embracing the African Union’s declaration of 2025 as the Year of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations, this theme is further connected to the G20 theme of Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability…African Union · Kempton Park Read Article

TakealotNOW Expands in Gauteng - Delivering 1000s of Takealot products in minutes to Joburg’s East Rand - SME Tech Guru

South Africa’s leading online retailer, Takealot, continues to make everyday shopping faster, easier and more personalised with the expansion of its popular on-demand delivery service, TakealotNOW. Available via the Mr D app, TakealotNOW is South Africa’s answer to a growing need for on-demand shopping. And, with a product selection that’s curated based on purchase behaviour across suburbs, TakealotNOW shoppers can get everything from trending t…Shopping · East Rand Read Article

Thulani Khumalo is alive, despite claims a Somali syndicate killed him – The Mail & Guardian

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Thulani Khumalo is a South African entrepreneur who operates a spaza shop from his home in Vosloorus. On 3 May last year, Khumalo took to both social and news media to share that his life was in danger, accusing foreign spaza shop owners of attempting to kill him. Around the time of his outcry, accounts known for perpetrating an anti-immigrant narrative online twisted his outcry to proclaim him dead, alleging that he was killed by “a syndicate o…Vosloorus · Vosloorus Read Article

Shack dwellers stone cops and reject free government houses

By Doreen Mokgolo Lindelani residents blocked roads with burning tyres and stoned police cars during a violent protest against a housing project. Ten people were arrested, including four undocumented foreign nationals, for public violence and damaging property and infrastructure. Angry residents of Lindelani Informal Settlement in Springs went on the attack on Wednesday, fighting against a government housing project they have been demanding fo…Housing · Springs Read Article