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Gauteng sports MEC’s hijacked vehicle recovered, 4 arrested

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Gauteng sports MEC’s hijacked vehicle recovered, 4 arrested: Gauteng police say the Crime Intelligence Unit and a police task team have tracked down the suspects and the stolen vehicle soon after the hijacking.

Emfuleni mayor resigns after municipality placed under administration: Emfuleni mayor Jacob Khawe has resigned with immediate effect after being in the position for just six months.

Another failed attempt to pass the Joburg budget: City of Johannesburg councillors will attempt to finally pass the metro’s budget after another attempt to do so failed.

7 arrested for murder of former top cop: The suspects, aged between 31 and 70, are expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder.

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‘No one cares’: Life in Johannesburg’s ‘hijacked’ buildings

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‘No one cares’: Life in Johannesburg’s ‘hijacked’ buildings:

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Johannesburg’s Low-Income Blacks Face Hijacked Buildings and ‘Red Ant’ Enforcers

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Johannesburg’s Low-Income Blacks Face Hijacked Buildings and ‘Red Ant’ Enforcers:

This story is the second in a five-part series about displacement and the advocates who are battling it around the world. Syabonga Mahlangu asks that we meet at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa offices in Braamfontein, just around the corner from the Nelson Mandela Bridge and a block away from Wits University's main campus.

Illicit gold trade fuels conflict in South African mining town:

Growing competition for gold in an area of rampant poverty and unemployment has sparked a deadly turf war [Shaun Swingler/Al Jazeera] points at a cross-breed dog with thick chestnut fur and a missing hind leg. “This is Snoopy,” Bailey says, as the dog, true to her name, snoops through a putrid mound of rubbish amidst the long grass that lines the roadside.

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.com | Police are paid by property hijackers – alleged kingpin of hijacked buildings

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.com | Police are paid by property hijackers – alleged kingpin of hijacked buildings:

Johannesburg Alleged “most wanted property hijacker” Jonathan Constable claims he was unlawfully arrested and that the police are being paid by property hijackers. “All these charges are only about the South African police going and misusing and abusing the criminal justice system of this country, and going and orchestrating and fabricating false criminal charges against me,” Constable told the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

Serge Alain Nitegeka’s third solo exhibition with Marianne Boesky Gallery opens in New York:

Marianne Boesky Gallery is presenting Personal Effects in BLACK, Johannesburg-based artist Serge Alain NitegekaA's third solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition features a new body of work, created in 2017, that continues NitegekaA's examination of color, form, and space.

South Africa’s leader gives into pressure on scandal probe:

In this Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 file photo, outgoing ANC president and South African President Jacob Zuma, looks on at the elective conference in Johannesburg. South Africa's president says he is appointing a commission of inquiry to look into corruption allegations that have led to calls for his ouster and weakened the ruling party.

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Joburg couple arrested for allegedly renting out hijacked building

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Joburg couple arrested for allegedly renting out hijacked building: A couple has been arrested for allegedly hijacking a property in Kenilworth, south of Johannesburg, the City’s Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba has said.

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‘This building is a dustbin for poor people’ – caretaker of hijacked building

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‘This building is a dustbin for poor people’ – caretaker of hijacked building: A man who acts as the caretaker for residents living in the hijacked Cape York building in the Johannesburg CBD, believes the building is a dustbin for poor people.

ANCYL debate on WMC a critical matter – Zuma: President Jacob Zuma has described the ANC Youth League’s critique and insistence that monopoly capital must be defined racially is a critical matter that must continue to be debated.

Generator caused Joburg building fire – resident: A resident of the Cape York building in Johannesburg has told News24 that a fatal fire was caused by a generator.

2 Northcliff murder accused denied bail: Two of the five men arrested for the Northcliff murders have been denied bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.

Netshitenzhe refuses to apologise for ‘white monopoly capital’ report: A heated debate is underway at the ANC’s 5th National Policy Conference over “white monopoly capital”.

Death penalty off the table, says Mahlobo: The ANC’s peace and stability commission has rejected calls to reintroduce the death penalty for those who murder women and children.

Defence lawyers need ‘special’ software to download Thulsie twins documents: Defence lawyers in the Thulsie twins case say they need “special” software to open the digital version of the docket they had received from the State.

7 confirmed dead in Joburg CBD building fire: Seven people have been confirmed dead in a fire in the Johannesburg CBD, emergency services say.

AS IT HAPPENED: Zuma closes policy conference and calls for two ANC deputy presidents: The six-day policy conference which the ANC had punted as a platform for deepening unity and vigorous debate, draws to an end with President Jacob Zuma’s closing address to wrap up proceedings.

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.com | Swiss tourist hijacked while husband was in hospital

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Pretoria An elderly Swiss couple's holiday in South Africa turned into a nightmare after the husband fell ill a few days after their arrival in the country and his wife was hijacked. Lisbeth Scalabrini, 73, and her 79-year-old husband Fabeo, who are being treated in a Johannesburg hospital, say they can't wait to go home, Netwerk24 reported on Wednesday.

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Lucky break as hijacked Jhb man spots car at roadblock

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It was good luck with the bad. A Johannesburg man who was hijacked, got his car back hours later when he spotted it at a roadblock, police say.

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Tshwane metro police director hijacked by ‘well-oiled syndicate’

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Tshwane Metro Police Director Sean Bolhuis and his wife have been hijacked in Pretoria, and released unharmed, his brother says.

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Man in court after claiming he was hijacked in rental car

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A man who claimed he’d been hijacked while travelling in a rental car has appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on 10 counts of fraud, theft of a vehicle and perjury, police say.

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