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Just Two-Minute Shower, SA Advises Johannesburg Residents

Web News 18 September 2023 256 0

Water suppliers in Johannesburg, South Africa, have asked residents of the city and its suburbs to use less water amid an intensifying water shortage that they warn could “result in the collapse of the system”. Rand Water and Johannesburg Water on Sunday said that high water consumption by Continue Reading

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Many Trapped, Scores Dead in Johannesburg Building Fire

Web News 31 August 2023 235 0

Emergency services in the South African city of Johannesburg say more than 60 people have died in a fire in a block of flats that’s also left many injured. The authorities say it’s unclear what sparked the blaze at the five-storey building in the city centre in the early hours. A firefighter has said that […]Continue Reading

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Fire Kills Children Locked Inside South African Flat

Web News 22 June 2023 566 0

Two children, aged five and seven, have died in the South African city of Johannesburg after a fire broke out in a residential building where they had been left unattended and locked inside an apartment. The blaze, in the inner city area of Hillbrow, began on Wednesday afternoon. A reporter from South Africa’s Times Live […]Continue Reading

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Tiger on the Loose in South Africa Sparks Panic

Web News 16 January 2023 496 0

South African authorities are on the hunt for a privately owned tiger which escaped from a property in Walkerville south of Johannesburg. The female tiger escaped after the fence was cut on Saturday night, local media reported. It is said to have attacked a person. It also killed a dog and mauled another. Animal care […]Continue Reading