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'N Multimiljoenrandse motorwasprojek wat deur die stad Tshwane besit word en wat bedoel was om werk te skep vir die jeug van Mamelodi en die ekonomie van die township te versterk, is amper gesloop. SowetanLIVE het berig dat die Reitiretse-geïntegreerde voertuigwasfasiliteit in Mamelodi-Wes is deur misdadigers gestroop is voordat dit selfs sy deure oopgemaak het. Die fasiliteit van R6,6 miljoen lyk nou baie na die dag toe dit in November 2015 van stapel gestuur is. Toe Sowetan Donderdag die fasiliteit besoek het, het die strukture alreeds hul dakke en raamwerk verloor, terwyl die ablusie geriewe van die toiletstoele en wasbakke gestroop is. Die vensters en ander toebehore is gevandaliseer. Reitiretse is van stapel gestuur deur die voormalige Tshwane-burgemeester Kgosientso Ramokgopa en die premier van Gauteng, David Makhura. Destyds het die perseel vir 'n motorwassery 'n volledig toegeruste wassery en 'n volledig toegeruste haarsalon bevat. Die projek, wat naby Ma…

The shutdown might see road closures of major highways such as the R511 and the N14, which link Johannesburg and Pretoria on Monday and Tuesday. 16 hours ago Police are on high alert following threats of a service delivery protest ‘shutdown’ in Diepsloot, west of Johannesburg. This after a message has been doing the rounds on social media that the township would be ‘closed down’ from Monday 15 July to Tuesday 16 July. Among the demands in the message are that ‘local leaders’ want money to be made available to supply electricity to all the informal settlements in the area. Another demand is for all ‘undocumented’ (i.e. foreign) residents to leave the area. Police spokesperson Captain Makgowanyana Maja said the circulating message cannot be confirmed as either bogus or legitimate. “We are, however, aware of it and ready to deal with it,” he said. If true, the shutdown will see road closures of major highways such as the R511 and the N14 which link Pretoria a…

R6,6 miljoen motorwassery vernietig deur vandale, maar Tshwane-woordvoerder blameer die weer

Diepsloot protest ‘shutdown’ may affect Pretoria motorists – townships are demanding electricity to all informal settlements