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Rand Water takes strain as temperatures remain high
On Monday, officials said Day Zero was not yet on the horizon for Gauteng, although water levels were declining in the Vaal Dam.
Soaring temperatures are putting a strain on Rand Water resources.
Mpumalanga learner loses his eye over milk dispute
A Grade 11 learner of Shobiyane Secondary School in Acornhoek was admitted at Rob Ferreira Hospital after being allegedly stabbed on his face by a prefect of the school.
Three-year-old girl electrocuted by illegal connection in George
The three-year-old girl had touched a wire running from a homemade ‘electricity distribution box’ which was put together in an illegal and unsafe way.
Dog owners on KZN South Coast warned of possible poisonings
The SPCA released a statement this week saying that eight cases of dog poisoning had been reported to the society in the area on Wednesday.
Wheelchair-bound three-year-old boy dies at Middelburg preschool
After 37 minutes of resuscitation, the doctor told Ryan Els’s parents that he had died after choking, most likely in his sleep.
Limpopo farmer will get his farm from government but is now dealing with land occupiers
Part of the 3 000-hectare farm in Northam has been illegally occupied by people who have put padlocks on the gate that leads to the part of the farm they have occupied.
Joburg rape survivor raises R230K after 729km walk to raise GBV awareness
Leilani Kuter says there were times when she felt like quitting but after reading some motivational texts on social media, she got up and finished.
NWU student ‘victimised’ after being searched at Potchefstroom restaurant
Nkosana Mogopodi says other people had bags with him, but he was the only one that was searched.
Fire breaks out in small informal settlement in Kempton Park
Emergency services were on their way to the scene shortly after noon.
Four-year-old hanged in Ladysmith
A neighbour’s teenager noticed the child hanging from a thin plastic rope and rushed to call his grandparents to assist.
Eight-year-old falls off 30-metre cliff to her death in KZN
Police believe the girl was playing with other children when she accidentally fell off a cliff and died before paramedics could reach her.
City’s ‘sweetheart land deal’ to Gupta-linked company irreversible – Mashaba
In the deal, the city transferred ownership of land to Cedar Park Properties in 2013 and has not received a cent for it.
Elephant shot dead in Kruger Park staff village
SANParks released a statement to confirm the tragic incident and to explain that shooting the bull was the last resort taken by the field rangers.
EFF supporters celebrate as Mashaba expropriates 37 abandoned factories
The move will create up to 3,000 low-cost housing units and allow people to live ‘closer to economic opportunities,’ Mashaba says.
Tshwane metro a no-show for Human Rights Commission’s Hammanskraal visit
The metro says they were in a council meeting, but the SAHRC says them not showing up is a ‘flagrant disregard of the chapter 9 institution’.
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