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Student Tshepo Mmutlana won R50 000 at the last Hansa Special Inside Truck party held in Soweto which he plans to use towards his studies. The Katlehong man is currently studying Hospitality at the Central Johannesburg College and says he plans to pay his studies with this money. “I will use this money to finance [...]
On Thursday 29 March 2012, Volkswagen South Africa achieved another milestone when Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe officially opened the Volkswagen dealership in Soweto, Soweto Volkswagen. The R30-million Soweto Volkswagen is a joint venture between Barloworld Automotive and Maponya Group. The dealership is located on 8 000m2 motor retail site in the heart of the Soweto [...]
With just days to go before Grammy award-winning artist Usher headlines the Hansa Festival of Legends in Johannesburg, crews are preparing Orlando Stadium to welcome more than 25 000 music fans. Twenty truckloads of equipment has already made its way to Orlando Stadium, including the latest in concert audio, pushing out a possible 100 000 [...]
Soweto – The tide is about to turn for Gauteng schools that have been plagued by drugs, theft and carrying of weapons, with authorities tightening the screws on the perpetrators of these social evils. The provincial Department of Education has introduced a school patrollers programme to ensure that these institutions are safe and secure, and [...]
Budding netball talent was brought to bloom over the past seven weeks during the University of Johannesburg’s Netball Spring Games at its Soweto campus. This community sporting initiative, which took place at the UJ Soweto Indoor Sports Centre, saw eight sides compete for top honours in each of the open and U/21 categories. Although the [...]
Pretoria -Thousands of Rea Vaya bus commuters in Soweto and Johannesburg have been stranded since Monday as a result of the strike by bus drivers. PioTrans corporate affairs manager, Eric Motswane, said 220 bus drivers are on an illegal strike in protest of the new working shifts. PioTrans is the bus operating company contracted to [...]
It’s all systems go at the construction site of Volkswagen’s latest dealership in Soweto. Work on the 8 000m2 site kicked off at the beginning of July, and the R30-million dealership is scheduled to commence retailing in November. The idea was first mooted by Soweto entrepreneur, Richard Maponya – of the Maponya Group – in [...]
Pretoria – Power has been restored to most parts of Chiawelo in Soweto following protest action, Eskom said on Wednesday. “Eskom has restored power to most parts of Chiawelo and will restore power to the remaining areas once it is safe to do so. This follows violent action yesterday, which focused on the tamper-proof meters [...]
Pretoria – Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has condemned the attacks on property and disruption of transport services following the burning of Putco buses on Thursday night. According to reports, three Putco buses were set alight and a bus driver injured at Dobsonville in Soweto during a commuter protest over the company’s decision to increase bus [...]
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