Disgruntled residents of Westbury, Coronationville and surrounding areas in Johannesburg have threatened to shut down the streets of Johannesburg if water is not restored by Friday (19 September). This follows days of violent protests over prolonged water outages that have plagued their communities for weeks. Johannesburg Mayor, Dada Morero, has met with the community and assured residents that water supply would be fully restored by Thursday. Lerato Makola reports....

Disgruntled residents of Westbury, Coronationville and surrounding areas in Johannesburg have threatened to shut down the streets of Johannesburg if water is not restored by Friday (19 September). This follows days of violent protests over prolonged water outages that have plagued their communities for weeks. Johannesburg Mayor, Dada Morero, has met with the community and assured residents that water supply would be fully restored by Thursday. Lerato Makola reports....

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Westbury, Coronationville residents threaten to return to the streets if water supply is not restored by Friday

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) in Kimberley says Ekapa Mine Management confirmed to the union that at any given time, at least one of the bodies of five men trapped underground would be retrieved. It's been 20 days since the mud rush trapped the miners 890 metres underground in Ekapa Minerals Joint shaft. Tebogo Msimanga filed the following report...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) in Kimberley says Ekapa Mine Management confirmed to the union that at any given time, at least one of the bodies of five men trapped underground would be retrieved. It's been 20 days since the mud rush trapped the miners 890 metres underground in Ekapa Minerals Joint shaft. Tebogo Msimanga filed the following report...

'At least one of five bodies trapped underground will be retrieved'- Ekapa Mine tells NUMSA 

ActionSA is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority to urgently address charges against forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan related to alleged impersonation of investigators. The charges date back to 2017 and are linked to serious allegations of misconduct. ActionSA says the delay undermines confidence in the justice system. For more we are now joined on the line by ActionSA member of Parliament, Dereleen James...

ActionSA is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority to urgently address charges against forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan related to alleged impersonation of investigators. The charges date back to 2017 and are linked to serious allegations of misconduct. ActionSA says the delay undermines confidence in the justice system. For more we are now joined on the line by ActionSA member of Parliament, Dereleen James...

'Prosecute  Paul O'Sullivan'- ActionSA demands of  National Prosecuting Authority 

The deployment of the army to assist police in gang and illegal mining riddled areas, will be in force from the 1st of this month but it does not mean soldiers will be flooding the streets. Members of Parliament's Police, Mineral and Petroleum Resources committees received a briefing on the details of this deployment - that was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address. SAPS management says SANDF members will be deployed to support them as and where it is needed. Zalene Merrington reports...

The deployment of the army to assist police in gang and illegal mining riddled areas, will be in force from the 1st of this month but it does not mean soldiers will be flooding the streets. Members of Parliament's Police, Mineral and Petroleum Resources committees received a briefing on the details of this deployment - that was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address. SAPS management says SANDF members will be deployed to support them as and where it is needed. Zalene Merrington reports...

Westbury, Coronationville residents threaten to return to the streets if water supply is not restored by Friday

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