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While the City of Johannesburg hopes its fourth attempt to secure firefighting vehicles bears fruit next year, a private firefighting company has taken over a large part of the services.

Firefighters plead for protection from criminals 04 May 2021 - 14:49 By Promise Marupeng Hundreds of firefighters celebrated Firefighters Day in Ekhurhuleni. Image: Promise Marupeng Hundreds of firefighters gathered at Olifantsfontein fire station in Ekurhuleni on Tuesday morning to mark International Firefighters’ Day.  The day is observed to celebrate and honour firefighters globally for being heroes every day.  The group at  Olifantsfontein took the oppor...

Hundreds of firefighters gathered at Olifantsfontein fire station in Ekurhuleni on Tuesday morning to mark International Firefighters' Day.

A fire in a hospital is obviously an extremely serious matter. Patients and staff of Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital had to be relocated, some of them at great risk to their health. The people of Johannesburg, already subject to a struggling health service – infamous for its long queues, crowded wards – and the impact of Covid-19 are denied access to a major hospital that is supposed to service a large section of the city’s population, especially those who are not on private medical sc...