TOP STORY NEWS | 21 JUNE 2024

TOP STORY NEWS | 21 JUNE 2024 | Tsakane Informer

Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Reporter & Editor-In-Chief (mytsakaneinformer@gmail.com)

ELECTRICITY | City Power says it will appeal a court order compelling it to pay over R1 billion debt to Eskom. The court ruled that the utility should pay Eskom the money, plus interest on its outstanding electricity account by Friday.

TSAKANE MALL | There's a new crime of money scamming. People use fake money to lure people in and then steal their phones and other possessions. This is confirmed by a young lady who got scammed and had her phone stolen. Residents are urged to be on the lookout and stay safe.

WATER CRISIS IN SA | Gauteng could go without water for quite sometime. Water expert, Anthony Turton gives a warning to Gauteng residents via eNCA that, if Gauteng citizens do not cut back on their consumption and municipalities fail to fix leaking infrastructure, then the province could end up facing a day zero in the future.

TSAKANE EXT 8 | The Tsakane Ext 8 Patrol team faces charges for beating up a young man who was found with stolen goods in his possession. Young man denies knowledge of the goods and seeks justice.

MALEMA GUN CASE | EFF leader Julius Malema appeared for trial on Tuesday before the East London Magistrate's court. Malema and his co-accused, bodyguard Adriaan Snyman are charged of discharging a firearm on the EFF's 5th birthday celebration at the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in 2018.

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TRENDING | 20 Year old Tsakane Thespian and Activist Gunned on the 31st of December 2025

[Image: Xabiso Pearl Kambi TikTok] Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | 08 January 2026 On the 21st of November 2025, She spear-headed the National Gender-Based Violence Shutdown March in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni. She believed in the rights of women and in the social,political and economic equality of the sexes. Little did she know that on the last day of 2025, it would be her last day on earth. Xabiso Pearl Kambi(20), a young thespian and activist from Tsakane, was fatally shot on the 31st of December 2025 outside her family liquor store at Corner Mbulu and Maduna street in Maxhoseni section. Kambi was allegedly approached by 3 men who robbed her of her bag which had the cashing from that day. Kambi then ran after the men fighting for her bag, it was then that one of the assailants shot her leaving her heavily wounded. Kambi succumbed to her wounds and passed on at the scene and when emergency services arrived they declared her dead confirming that h...

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[Image :Young Urban Women. Taken by ActionAidSA Media Team] Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | 21 February 2026 On Friday, February 20 . Young Urban Women from the East Rand of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Inner City, Mamelodi and Mokopane,Limpopo, were gathered together at the ActionAid South Africa Headquarters in Rosebank, Johannesburg for a Round Table. The Round Table was centered around conversations on Climate Justice and Care Economy. Views were exchanged and solutions were proposed on the table. Joined by audience on the virtual platform, Nontsikelelo Khunju,Young Urban Women Movement Coordinator led the round table discussion, sparking insightful thoughts and steering empowering conversations among the participants who were present at the table. Among many other things that were discussed, the key goals that were shared as part of the solutions to the issues of Climate Justice and Care Economy were to strive to, document lived experiences, deepen feminist ...

Building Peoples Power For Eco-Social and Economic Justice | Action Aid South Africa Launches its 6th CSP

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