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In a statement released on Monday, airport authorities said that a veld fire spilled over from the neighbouring community.

Parts of OR Tambo Airport were engulfed by flames and thick smoke on Monday afternoon, after a nearby veld fire spread onto Runway 21L/03R.

A bloody attempted hijacking in broad daylight nearly cost a DA councillor and his friend Mark Jansen van Rensburg their lives on Saturday.

Hein Kaiser There are more than 4,500 potholes in just two suburbs of Ekurhuleni according to the Democratic Alliance (DA). Picture: iStock There are more than 4,500 potholes in just two suburbs of Ekurhuleni – Spartan and Edenvale – says Mike Waters from the Democratic Alliance (DA). If that situation is the same in the rest...

The state has rejected claims by Simon Lapping that a “noisy” police station led him to allegedly forge a signature on a court document related to his protection order case.  In March 2018, Lapping, three years after he became a Democratic Alliance councillor, instituted a protection order against Alberton businessman Nico Niemand, who had worked with Lapping three years prior to expose an alleged R155 000 bribe Lapping allegedly received from First National Bank chief executive, Jacques C...