Tembisa

Beverly Masinga, 51, on Monday told Sowetan of how she witnessed the killing of a 52-year-old man in their yard. Sowetan is withholding the man's identity.

I don’t know why they shot at us in our yard when the violence was outside.” "You could see that he was shot in the back. When we arrived at the scene, the nyala [which had police officer] that had shot at him was still there.

According to Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department spokesperson Kelebogile Thepa, two protesters were killed in crossfire between metro police and other ...

We do not use any IP address identifying information except to count regional traffic. Please include a link back to the original article. We put an invisible pixel in the article so that we can count traffic to republishers. She said that while it was the people’s constitutional right to protest, “acts of arson and vandalism to public infrastructure will not be tolerated”. We believe the current destruction of public infrastructure is politically motivated and intended to undermine the progress of the new administration,” said Campbell, who took office last year following the local government elections. Gauteng SAPS spokesperson Brenda Muridili directed all of our questions to the metro police.

According to Ekurhuleni Mayor, Tania Campbell (from the DA), the South African Police Service (SAPS) is trying to calm the situation. She confirmed at least one ...

Campbell suggested the problem is also councillors who have a lack of communication with their areas, or communicate inaccurate information. She said the problem today is twofold – political interference and criminality. She said those who cannot afford to pay are still helped, while it is only those who can pay themselves who no longer receive the subsidy. They agreed to a follow-up meeting which was on Friday, where her MECs gave feedback to the community. She confirmed at least one of the deceased had been shot by Metro Police but said she is still waiting for feedback from the Chief of Police on details. Campbell said she was informed that petrol bombs had been thrown from within the crowds.

The Ekurhuleni metro police say the death toll, following protests in Tembisa, has risen to two.

Tembisa SAPS' communications officer, Constable Zandile Mgijima, said reports that a police station in the area had been set alight were false, and both police stations were untouched. Thepa said police would confirm the number of arrests after all the information had been gathered. She added that police had been deployed to monitor the situation in the area.

Protestors blockade roads with burning tyres in Tembisa on August 1, 2022. The Tembisa Community Forum in Ekurhuleni on the Gauteng East Rand has called for ...

There are no signs of protests today although roads are still barricaded with rocks. Mnisi says, “I am not sure whether the protest is continuing or not, but I feel the message has been heard, and i hope that things will go back to normality. As the Tembisa Community Forum we’re calling for calm and for people to go back, and let’s wait for the municipality to come to us because we met with them yesterday (Monday) they said they’re coming to Tembisa this week on Friday, to come and address the matters of the community and the mayor promised that she will here in her personal capacity along with her delegation.”

While the situation in the township remains tense, the power utility said that it would only resume services when it was safe for their employees to work in ...

Services will only resume when it is safe for our employees to work in the area. We have withdrawn services in Tembisa due to the ongoing protests. While the situation in the township remains tense, the power utility said that it would only resume services when it was safe for their employees to work in the area again.

Pheta Molonyama, 43, and another victim whose identity Sowetan is withholding, were shot allegedly by metro police officers after chaos erupted in the ...

Mandy Wiener speaks to the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) spokesperson, Kelebogile Thepa, for the latest on Tembisa which was rocked by protests ...

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The City of Ekurhuleni said that a sub-station was set alight on Monday when residents took to the streets demanding that Mayor Tania Campbell address their ...

The City of Ekurhuleni said that a sub-station was set alight on Monday when residents took to the streets demanding that Mayor Tania Campbell address their grievances in person. The City of Ekurhuleni said that a sub-station was set alight on Monday when residents took to the streets demanding that Mayor Tania Campbell address their grievances in person.