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M1 taxi accident survivors speak out - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] M1 taxi accident survivors speak out
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Passengers in a taxi that rolled on the M1 Highway before bursting into flames on Monday said they are grateful they escaped with their lives. The accident happened after 3pm just after the Athol Oaklands offramp. People looked on from the side of the ...

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Passengers escape after taxi bursts into flames - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] Passengers escape after taxi bursts into flames
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Around a dozen passengers narrowly escaped serious injury after a taxi burst into flames on the M1 south, just after the Athol Oaklands off-ramp in Johannesburg. The burnt wreckage of the taxi lay in the left lane and a fire truck blocking traffic as ...

State wants Selebi appeal dismissed - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] State wants Selebi appeal dismissed
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
The prosecution team in former police commissioner Jackie Selebi's corruption trial has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss his application. It filed legal papers at the court in Bloemfontein on Monday. The former head of Interpol was ...

Police investigate Roseneath shooting - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] Police investigate Roseneath shooting
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Johannesburg police are investigating whether two school children injured outside the Roseneath Primary School were hit by police bullets. On Friday, a security company official was held up outside the school just after 11pm, when police officers ...

Schoolchildren recall JHB shootout - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] Schoolchildren recall JHB shootout
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Children at Roseneath Primary School in Parktown, Johannesburg, have recalled the terrifying moment when two of their classmates were wounded during an attempted robbery on Friday morning. The two are in a stable condition in the Charlotte Maxeke ...

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Schoolchildren shot in JHB robbery attempt - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] Schoolchildren shot in JHB robbery attempt
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Two primary school pupils have been rushed to hospital after being wounded in crossfire during an attempted robbery outside a Johannesburg primary school. Four men held up a security company employee who stopped at the traffic light outside Roseneath ...

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Police arrest JHB school shootout suspect - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] Police arrest JHB school shootout suspect
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
A suspect has been arrested following a shootout outside the Roseneath Primary School in Parktown in which two children were wounded. A security company official was held up outside the school just after 11am and police officers passing the scene ...

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Concerns over instability within JHB's safety sector - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] Concerns over instability within JHB's safety sector
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Concerns have been raised that instability within Johannesburg's safety sector will lead to loss of life during emergencies. Fire chief Audrey Gule was this week suspended with full pay, while a disciplinary process is underway. ...

David Tembe to head RTMC - Samwu - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] David Tembe to head RTMC - Samwu
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) on Thursday reported that Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Head of Operations David Tembe has been appointed head of the road traffic management corporation. Tembe has confirmed he has ...

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EMS staff 'threatened by MMC' over media reports - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News

[image error] EMS staff 'threatened by MMC' over media reports
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News understands senior Johannesburg emergency services staff members were called into a meeting and threatened on Wednesday, hours after reports detailing allegations about the organisation were aired. On Wednesday Eyewitness News reported ...