According to reports, the construction crew were warned of their arrival and the alleged extortionists did not even have time to lay out their demands before being taken away, tortured for 11 hours, and then murdered.
In the City of Tshwane, as well as Joburg, it appears that a line is being drawn in the sand when it comes to not paying your bills.
Officers from the Tshwane Metro Police Department were seen dragging and assaulting an unidentified man.
A taxi strike is underway in Gauteng, as the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) protests outstanding COVID-19 relief fund payments.
The EFF enjoyed some ‘Parliament Fight Club’ practice during a meeting of the Special Council in Tshwane yesterday.
With the ANC and the EFF set to join forces to oust Tshwane executive mayor Solly Msimanga, his goose looked cooked. The DA had a secret weapon.
Yesterday saw a sitting of the council in Tshwane, but it wasn’t long before it descended into unadulterated chaos. Entertaining, but also very sad.
It’s always interesting to read how some of the world’s biggest outlets report happenings here at home, with this CNN piece offering an interesting perspective.
If you thought you were going to see grace in defeat it appears you’re wrong, with allegations that the ANC are involved in sabotage doing the rounds.
After being hotly contested it was the DA (with a little help from their friends) that managed to secure control of Tshwane. Time to crack the whip.
With local elections just around the corner, the country is seeing plenty of protest and turmoil. So how is this affecting the voters’ prospective choices?
We’re set to enter day three of what has been dubbed the #TshwaneUnrest, and if day two is anything to go by things will get heated.
You may have heard about the protests taking place in Tshwane, but it’s about time you took a proper look at just what is going down that side of the world.
There were fun and games happening up in Tshwane on Monday. They even had rubber bullets. But would we expect anything less from something involving the EFF?
Maybe it’s the cool sea breeze, the mountain with it’s tablecloth of clouds or just the Cape Town attitude – we don’t know, but Capetonians live longer than Tshwane residents – fact. According to the report on mortality and causes of death for 2011 by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Cape Town residents have a longer life span.
Tshwane will be the first metro in Africa to be fully covered by wifi within three years – at least, that’s what they say.
Despite his insistence that Pretoria’s name would be history by the end of this year, it seems Tshwane Metro’s mayor, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has had to concede that while the city name “Pretoria” will stay, a handful of street names will be made over. Details after the jump!
Pretoria mayor, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has reportedly declared that South Africa’s capital city will be re-named Tshwane by the end of 2012, no matter the cost to the city, nor the opposition to the move.