Cebelihle Bhengu

Jul 8, 2024 | bhekisisa.org | Cebelihle Bhengu |Yolanda MDZEKE |Astra Rincón Montañez |Jessica Pitchford

Four days after our TV show, Health Beat, was broadcast on eNCA — the Freedom Recovery Centre, which helps drug users sober up, got confirmation from the Gauteng government that they would receive the subsidy they had been waiting for for months. Without the Gauteng social development department subsidy, they would have had to close their doors and residents would have had nowhere to go.

Jun 5, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Yolanda MDZEKE |Thatego Mashabela |Cebelihle Bhengu |Justin William Barlow

05 June 2024 - 07:46 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. #KyaSands #WasteManagement #IllegalDumping #IllegalDumps #landfilltruck Kya Sands in Johannesburg is overrun with illegal dumping sites. Kya Sands, a neighbourhood northwest of Johannesburg, is one of several suburbs overrun with illegal dumping sites.

Jun 2, 2024 | bhekisisa.org | Yolanda MDZEKE |Thatego Mashabela |Cebelihle Bhengu |Justin William Barlow

People who live near the industrial area of Kya Sand are breathing in all kinds of chemicals due to illegal dumping in the area. In this Health Beat insert, our team speaks to community activists to hear what they have to say. (Kya Sand Burning Wasteland Community Forum)

May 28, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Mia Malan |Jessica Pitchford |Yolanda MDZEKE |Thatego Mashabela |Cebelihle Bhengu |Ruan Visser | +1 more

28 May 2024 - 09:15 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. South Africans go to the polls in a milestone election on Wednesday. In this episode of Health Beat we reflect on health issues that affect voters. We visit a toxic wasteland at Kya Sand, northwest of Johannesburg, where residents say illegal dumping by a “waste mafia” has resulted in people falling ill and struggling to breathe.

Apr 30, 2024 | news24.com | Cebelihle Bhengu

A Thai national accused of trafficking will remain in police custody pending further investigations and the attendance of a Thai court interpreter. Police spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said Anupong Chaiprasit appeared in the Germiston Magistrate's Court on Monday following an intelligence-led police search last Friday. Ramovha said the tip-offs led the police to a property on Terrace Road in Edenvale, where they rescued seven trafficked Thai women and arrested Chaiprasit.