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2 weeks ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Bongani Magasela |Kabelo Mokoena
Minister of sport, arts and culture Gayton McKenzie. File photo. How veteran ring officials were left out when sport minister Gayton McKenzie honoured boxing legends this week remains a mystery.
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2 months ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Shonisani Tshikalange |Kabelo Mokoena
Gauteng Metrorail train services are facing intermittent disruptions due to the continuing rain, with flooding of some railway infrastructure, including tunnels and platforms. The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) said flooding has affected train stations including Silverton and Belle Ombre and rail corridors. Prasa spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said tracks have been flooded at the Leralla station “resulting in “trains turning to Limindlela station in Thembisa”.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Koena Mashale |Kabelo Mokoena
Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Jabulani,Soweto. Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Jabulani, Soweto, has had water woes for the past seven months, and a nurse says the issue is making their job of caring for patients difficult. “When there’s no water, there would be municipal water that is delivered by water tankers into the JoJo tanks around the hospital... but even that is not enough. Often, we have to bring our own water from home just to get by.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Herman Moloi |Kabelo Mokoena
Mine rescue operations in Stilfontein to retrieve illegal miners and dead bodies. Image: Kabelo Mokoena
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Isaac Mahlangu |Kabelo Mokoena
Forensic waste collectors arriving at the disused Stilfontein shaft where 78 dead bodies were retrieved. Only 26 South Africans were among the almost 2,000 zama zamas who resurfaced alive from the Stilfontein illegal mining operations. SAPS national spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said their operation at the Buffelsfontein shaft 11 that started on Monday led to the retrieval of 246 people and 78 bodies.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
heraldlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Kabelo Mokoena
Nelson Mandela's grandson who was arrested with four other suspects on Wednesday after a hijacked vehicle was found at the former statesman's former home in Houghton was released on Friday and didn't appear in court as expected. He was released because off insufficient evidence linking him to the alleged offence, but the prosecutor told the court he remains a suspect pending finalisation of investigations.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
dispatchlive.co.za | Mesuli Zifo |Kabelo Mokoena
STEPPING IN: SA sports minister Gayton McKenzie. The drawn-out legal stand-off which plunged boxing into a crisis involving the sports ministry, promoters and Boxing SA has ended, after the warring parties agreed to work towards stabilising the sport. The undertaking was taken after sports minister Gayton McKenzie engaged in numerous meetings and consultations with the National Professional Boxing Promoters Association (NPBPA) before announcing the new BSA board in December.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
heraldlive.co.za | Joy Mphande |Kabelo Mokoena
Sello Maake kaNcube at the Randburg magistrate's court in connection with a protection order he filed against his estranged wife Pearl Mbewe. Veteran actor Sello Maake kaNcube has broken his silence after allegations made by his estranged wife, Pearl Mbewe, that he "exposed" her to HIV. Pearl told Sunday World she decided to speak up about the matter after the veteran actor told the Sunday Times how he found out he had the virus.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Kabelo Mokoena
The 24-year-old man accused of raping and killing six-year-old Amantle Samane in Orlando, Soweto, in October has abandoned his bail application. The Mozambican appeared briefly in the Protea magistrate's court on Tuesday. It was previously reported the welder was living in rented backyard accommodation in Orlando. After Amantle went missing, a witness reported seeing her walking with him earlier that day. Her body was found on the floor of his shack. Police arrested him in Zola, Soweto.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
heraldlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Kabelo Mokoena
The maternal grandmother of a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly repeatedly raped by a Heidelberg attorney, Carel Benjamin Schoeman, 35, knew about the allegation but did not report it to the police or social workers. This was revealed by investigating officer Capt Veronica Banks during a cross-examination on Thursday at the Johannesburg high court sitting in Palm Ridge magistrate's court.
