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communal taps
johannesburg

Diepsloot: Over 500 people share two communal taps

Operation Dudula accused of targeting immigrant children
Gauteng

Operation Dudula accused of targeting immigrant children

Pastor fasting 40 days and 40 nights
News

Diepsloot pastor killed after gang invades church service

communal taps
Johannesburg

Diepsloot: Over 500 people share two communal taps

Operation Dudula accused of targeting immigrant children
Gauteng

Operation Dudula accused of targeting immigrant children

Pastor fasting 40 days and 40 nights
News

Diepsloot pastor killed after gang invades church service

Diepsloot Joburg fence
News

Joburg community builds FENCE around itself – to keep out crooks!

By Tom Head12-10-2022 18:14

How bad do things have to get before this happens? People in this turbulent part of Joburg have now ‘gated themselves in’.

Man
Gauteng

Man sentenced to life for raping a neighbour’s child

By Siso Naile06-09-2022 20:52

A man from Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl from next door

burglary North West
Gauteng

Elvis Nyathi: Murder trial of Zimbabwean national postponed

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty07-07-2022 16:36

The case involving the seven men accused of killing Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi has been postponed to 24 August 2022.

ELVIS Nyathi DA Diepsloot seven mob justice
News

Diepsloot seven: Men accused of murdering Elvis Nyathi granted R3000 bail

By Storm Simpson13-05-2022 14:58

The NPA argued that the ‘Diepsloot Seven’ would endanger public safety if they were released on bail but the court felt otherwise.

ELVIS Nyathi DA Diepsloot seven mob justice
News

Seven suspects appear in court for the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi

By Storm Simpson19-04-2022 17:38

Seven suspects appeared in court on charges of murder, attempted murder and extortion on Tuesday. The charges are related to the killing of Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot.

two boys Nzhelele River
Gauteng

Bodies of three boys discovered at Jukskei River in Johannesburg

By Nokwanda Ncwane19-04-2022 08:04

Bodies of three boys aged between 8 – 10 were discovered at the Jukskei River stream in Diepsloot, Johannesburg.

Mpho Phalatse
News

Phalatse: Crime not the only problem in Diepsloot

By Thabo Baloyi10-04-2022 11:32

Johannesburg Mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse visited Diepsloot this weekend and engaged police on the recent violence

diepsloot
News

SA Human Rights Commission slams police and vigilantism in Diepsloot

By Weekend News Producer09-04-2022 12:03

The SAHRC is coming down hard on the violence and poor policing seen in Diepsloot. What will happen in the community next?

Diepsloot Cyril Ramaphosa
News

‘It’s apartheid ways!’ Ramaphosa slams ‘hunting’ of foreigners in Diepsloot

By Weekend News Producer09-04-2022 11:10

The apartheid way?!
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit out at the Police’s questioning of foreigners in Diepsloot.

Failing state
News

Diepsloot: SA branch of ZANU PF slams ‘witch-hunt of foreign nationals’

By Tom Head08-04-2022 17:03

Following a slew of murders in Diepsloot, ZANU PF’s South African branch has called for those in Gauteng to ‘respect the law’.

Tsonga diepsloot
News

‘Accent checks’ in Diepsloot slammed – as Tsonga man accosted by SAPS

By Tom Head08-04-2022 15:32

Denounced as ‘pure tribalism’, a video of police in Diepsloot making a Tsonga man prove he is South African has set social media ablaze.

Herman Mashaba ActionSA
News

‘Take responsibility’: Herman Mashaba urged as xenophobia looms

By Nokwanda Ncwane08-04-2022 14:00

ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba has been urged to take responsibility for the ongoing tensions between immigrants and South Africans.

Diepsloot, Bantu Holomisa, Cyril Ramaphosa, UDM, President, multi-party committee, protests, Gauteng
News

UDM wants Ramaphosa to form committee to restore peace in townships

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty08-04-2022 11:59

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) has written to Ramaphosa asking for a multi-party committee to address township issues.

Diepsloot, SAPS, arrests, 27 arrested, Gauteng, South Africa, sting operation, undocumented migrants
Gauteng

Diepsloot: Sting operation results in arrests of 27 undocumented migrants

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty08-04-2022 07:54

The SAPS conducted an overnight sting operation in Diepsloot on Thursday, 7 April, which resulted in 27 more arrests for the week.

ELVIS Nyathi DA Diepsloot seven mob justice
News

Elvis Nyathi: Police still searching for suspects in man’s killing

By Thabo Baloyi08-04-2022 06:00

In the wake of Elvis Nyathi’s brutal killing and protests in Diepsloot, SAPS says it will continue keeping an eye on the situation

Diepsloot protest
News

Death follows ‘mob attack’ at anti-crime Diepsloot protest

By AFP07-04-2022 16:16

Anti-crime protests yields the worst as one man is killed overnight in an apparent mob attack in Johannesburg township of Diepsloot.

Diepsloot protest
News

Diepsloot: No person deserves to die over their immigration status, says ActionSA

By Storm Simpson07-04-2022 15:33

Mashaba said violence is never the answer. ‘You don’t get to fan the flames and then lament the destruction of the fire,’ replied a Twitter user.

Malema EFF union
Gauteng

‘Consequences of sponsoring vigilante groups’: EFF on Diepsloot murder

By Nokwanda Ncwane07-04-2022 12:15

The EFF lashed out at those allegedly responsible for the murder of Diepsloot resident, Elvis Nyathi who was stoned and torched to death.

Diepsloot, community members, Nhlanhla Lux, Operation Dudula, hijacking protest, ongoing protests, rampant crime
News

‘He hijacked our fight’ – Diepsloot community members on Nhlanhla Lux

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty07-04-2022 09:58

Community members in Diepsloot have accused Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla Lux of hijacking their ongoing protests in the area.

ELVIS Nyathi DA Diepsloot seven mob justice
News

Diepsloot: One killed in mob justice attack, after demand ‘to see passports’

By Tom Head07-04-2022 09:10

Police remain active at the mob justice murder scene in Diepsloot, with the victim’s widow claiming they were told to show their passports.

CIT robbery Diepsloot
Gauteng

Pics and video: Diepsloot locals grab cash from bombed CIT robbery

By Siseko Gwegwe03-12-2021 13:00

Money doesn’t fall from trees, but from this bombed CIT robbery in Diepsloot, Gauteng. This video shows locals grabbing cash notes!

Matric Dance
Lifestyle

Diepsloot high school gets its first matric dance in 40 years! [photos]

By Naledi de Wee19-10-2021 15:57

Earlier this month, the Itierele Zenzele Comprehensive School in Diepsloot had their first matric dance in 40 years! Check out the images here.

JMPD: Convicted killers escape
News

JMPD: Convicted killers escape jail, kidnap baby in Fourways robbery

By Thabo Baloyi10-09-2021 05:16

The two men invaded a house in Fourways not too long after escaping from Leeuwkop Prison, and fled the home with an infant

SANDF member accused of shooting man in Limpopo granted bail
News

SA unrest: Diepsloot looters to spend the week in jail

By Thabo Baloyi16-07-2021 13:48

The 44 suspects appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court, where the case was remanded in custody until 22 July

dIEPSLOOT FIRE wILLIAM nICOL DRIVE
News

Watch: Huge blaze in Diepsloot closes-off routes to William Nicol Drive

By Tom Head30-09-2020 09:22

Drivers in Diepsloot, Gauteng have endured a chaotic morning on the roads, after a nearby chemical plant caught fire closed access to William Nicol Drive.

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