It?s a battle ground between small-scale miners, syndicates and police, writes Mark Olalde
"The problem with this mountain is you can?t run away from it,? says Ronnie Kubeka, gesturing to the pale yellow expanse of mine waste looming behind him.
It has emerged that the Gauteng cops mishandled the statements of victims of the rapes in taxis by sending them to different precincts instead of taking a statement. ...
Five months after a mysterious R10 million turned a West Rand NPO into whistleblowers, their court battle with Gauteng Social Development rages on.
A West Rand organisation hopes the courts will unfreeze its funding and halt alleged harassment at the hands of the department.
The majority of those affected by Kuga fires had agreed to bring a class-action lawsuit against Ford SA.
The probe into two robberies at FNB branches continues with no new leads and customers whose possessions were stolen, say legal action is forthcoming.
Despite scoring major victories in its fight against mining near Xolobeni, the ACC and its allies believe neither mining companies nor the government has given up. ...
The war against fireworks heated up as the SPCA won a major court victory and authorities across Gauteng moved to crack down on the sale and use of fireworks.
Fifteen years ago, the cost to fill South Africa’s sinkholes exceeded R1 billion. Thatfigure has risen, and the effects are more than disastrous, writes Mark Olalde. ...
A pall of red-brown dust covered the spot where Desmond Tombeen was murdered in Reiger Park, Boksburg.
The issue began on December 23 when water short-circuited an underground cable that supplied power to two blocks of flats.
Vogan Smith was only 17 years old. He had been electrocuted while trying to steal cable wires.
As the sun rose over the Elias Motsoaledi informal settlement, one resident lay dead and a KFC outlet was in ruins.