Boksburg, South Africa News

Journalist set to work for government Columnist and former radio talkshow host Jon Qwelane is to take up a position as a national government spokesman this month.

Nearly 1 000 women are currently discussing ways to combat the global recession at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg on Gauteng's East Rand.

An armed robber was killed in a shootout with police after his getaway car crashed into an unmarked police vehicle in Boksburg on Monday, Gauteng police said.

Four people, including traffic officers were injured when a bakkie collided with a car transporting the officers in Boksburg on Saturday morning, paramedics said.

South Africans have a collective responsibility to ensure that all forms of social ills are eradicated from our society, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday.

By Mogomotsi Magome The SA Revenue Service paid a surprise visit yesterday to the premises of suspected crime kingpin William "Mashobane" Mbatha, also known as the "King of Bling". Sars officials, accompanied by police, raided Mbatha's Ramsquare Cafe in Atteridgeville and the socialite's home in Irene.

By Caiphus Kgosana Political Bureau Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has launched a blistering attack on Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale, accusing him of failing to come up with new programmes and for claiming credit for initiatives she introduced while she was still minister of housing.

Stolen goods worth R100 000 were recovered by the police at a pawn shop in Jet Park, Boksburg, on Wednesday.

A total of 923 government officials have been brought to book by the Human Settlement Department's crackdown on corruption, Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday.

By Louise Flanagan and Sapa Hospitals and clinics that fail to put patient treatment first and don't meet set standards face closure as part of a major crackdown.

By Louise Flanagan Statistically you are more likely to die on South African roads in your home province, or during December, or if you are a man, or aged between 35 and 49.

Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has described calls for former president Thabo Mbeki and those who served under him to be charged with genocide as an irresponsible and dangerous distortion of the history of the country, the SABC reports.

By Ainsley Daniels The Young Communist League of South Africa wants to talk to the ANC Youth League about its president, Julius Malema, and his recent fiery comments in public.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi read the riot act to hundreds of hospital and clinic managers from five of South Africa's provinces, blaming them for allowing the public health system to deteriorate.

Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi told hospital chief executives and managers on Thursday to shape up or they will be removed.

The African National Congress Youth League would not allow former president Thabo Mbeki to be charged with genocide, ANCYL chief Julius Malema said on Monday.

The new Dark & Lovely body lotion has used out of home devices to launch its presence in six of the country's most cosmopolitan malls through Primall Media.

Hands on Lifts - situated in Boksburg, South Africa - supplies a range of products designed to overcome barriers which prevent the elderly and the disabled from leading normal unrestricted lives.

Four men were arrested after they allegedly snatched a woman's bag while she was going to pay her rent in Boksburg on Thursday, Gauteng police said.

Heavy downpours in the Ekurhuleni region resulted in 21 accidents and caused several roads to be closed, Ekurhuleni metro police said on Tuesday.