#BetterUnderApartheid An important electrical sub-station in Springs, which was damaged during a break-in by vandals last year, was left in the dilapidated state, creating a fire risk, has finally burnt down on Sunday, leaving thousands of residents and manufacturing businesses in the industrial area New Era, without electricity. It could take up to 2 weeks to repair the damage.
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#TheAfricanWay Sub-Station in Springs Burns Down Because Ekhurhuleni (East Rand) Municipality Failed To Do Repairs After Break-in Last Year, Despite Being Warned It Could Catch Fire, Leaving Thousands Without Power!
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More Unreported Murders. Is Murder Now So Common & Boring That Mainstream Media Doesn’t Bother Reporting it, or is it Just Not Profitable in The “Mass Market”?
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In the media world there is a saying: If it bleeds, it leads. However according to the headlines and frontpages of mainstream media nowadays, it would seem this is no longer the case, as alleged racism is treated far more serious than murder or rape and given far more coverage! In fact with 56 murders..
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SA rail transport system plunged into chaos, train derailment and collision often occur due to infrastructure theft
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Merely a few days after a derailment in Boksburg occurred and the two trains colliding in the Pretoria station, yet another derailment occurred near Springs. A train derailed at Angelo station near Daveyton and obstructed traffic to and from Springs to Johannesburg. The cause of the derailments is attributed to infrastructure theft worth over R1..
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Consultant turns away customer at SASSA office – Is it perhaps because the customer is white?
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Susan Strydom (66) was turned away on March 19 from Sassa in Springs by one of the consultants when she went there to apply for an old age grant. Strydom says she was asked where she was all along as she is only coming now to apply and also says the consultant told her to..
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EXPOSED: Sex, porn and corruption at Modderbee Correctional Centre in Springs
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A disgruntled former prison employee lifts the lid on alleged money-wasting, sex between staff and inmates, and female staff watching porn with convicts at Modderbee prison in Springs.
He has also accused his former managers of firing him to cover up corruption and mismanagement at the facility on the East Rand.
The SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) took up the fight and paid for former warder Themba Masango’s legal representation when he took the matter to the Labour Court earlier this year, claiming unfair dismissal.
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Military base degraded into a squatter camp
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The Marievale Military Base near Springs has 73 illegal families on the land, already since 2009.
After the families were removed, Human Rights Attorneys dragged the SANDF to the Pretoria High Court saying that the army could not expel the squatters.
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South African Defence Force deployed to forcefully remove residence – somewhere someone abused their powers
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Earlier on Thursday morning violence erupted when approximately 30 Military Police vehicles and 7 Ratels were deployed to remove “illegal immigrants” in Marievale, a residential area is situated between Nigel and Springs. More than 50 people were taken to Dunnottar SAPS. Several were assaulted. Residents and police officials were denied access to the residential area..
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