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Jo’burg shakes again

Second earthquake in three weeks to hit Johannesburg.

The second earthquake in three weeks hit Gauteng in the early morning hours of today (22 August).

According to the US Geological Survey’s website the earthquake that hit Gauteng at approximately 1am measured 4,6 on the Richter Scale.

The earthquake is alleged to have occurred 12km west of Orange Farm.

The previous earthquake that occurred on 5 August measured 5,5 and left a 31-year-old man dead.

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  1. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Irrespective of the Nkandla debacle and Zuma needing to pay back the money used to upgrade his home, Julias Malema owes R16 million to SARS so he is as guilty as Zuma. Will Juju refund the money to those who have set up a fund to help him pay his debt? I doubt it. He is a taker and should look at himself in the mirror! He has no respect for the rule of law. The EFF looks like a bunch of performing clowns in a circus in their red overalls. Their attire is no tribute to the working class. It is an embarrasment.

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