MBOMBELA, MPUMALANGA — The long Easter weekend in Mpumalanga has been marred by tragedy following two separate, high-impact minibus taxi accidents that resulted in the deaths of four people on Monday. Despite increased law enforcement presence and the province’s “Operation Shanela” safety blitzes, the Monday morning collisions added a somber Read more
Sifiso Vusumuzi Sibanyoni will remain behind bars after the Mpumalanga High Court in Mbombela dismissed his bail appeal in connection with the murder of his estranged wife. Judge Lindiwe Vukeya ruled that the magistrate correctly determined the 39-year-old failed to prove exceptional circumstances warranting his release. ALSO READ | Gugulethu Thwala Read more
Mpumalanga police in Waterval Boven are investigating an inquest after a man was mauled to death by pit bulls in the early hours of Wednesday. According to police spokesperson Sergeant Thulisile Magagula, police were called after 5 am to an incident involving a man who had been attacked by dogs. Read more
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Major General Zeph Mkhwanazi, has called for call among the Eloff community after a 33-year-old man was shot dead over an alleged water dispute yesterday. Mkhwanazi condemned the murder and urged residents to allow the police to carry out their duties. Read more
A 43-year-old Zimbabwean national has been arrested in Mpumalanga after police allegedly found 582 passports and more than R147,000 in cash hidden in a bakkie he was driving. Recent cases have highlighted how corrupt officials have been accused of charging foreign nationals to stamp their passports. ALSO READ | Stolen vehicle Read more
Four people have lost their lives after two sedans crashed on Sunday afternoon in Mpumalanga. They died in a head-on collision involving two sedans on the R38 Road between Carolina and Hendrina. ALSO READ | Six family members killed in a car accident in Mzumbe Mpumalanga Community Safety spokesman, Moeti Mmusi, Read more
A Mpumalanga court has granted R10,000 bail to a hospital employee who was caught with placentas that she was allegedly trying to sell. Rose Mnisi, a cleaner at the maternity ward of Lydenburg Hospital, was granted bail at Mashishing magistrate’s court on Thursday. She has since been suspended from work. Read more
Yet another head-on collision claims three lives over the past weekend at the N4 highway in Mpumalanga. According to Daily Sun, three people have been killed and two seriously were injured following a head-on collision between a bakkie and sedan on the N4 between Karino and Valencia in Mpumalanga on Read more
A an alleged knife crime has forever altered the lives of the families of two grade 8 pupils. The two, from Senzangakhona Secondary School in KwaMhlanga, were en route home after class when one allegedly stabbed the other at about 3pm on Thursday, the Mpumalanga education department said. “Teachers were Read more
Nompumelelo Gumede has passed away after she was allegedly burnt by her boyfriend. A 21-year-old woman who was allegedly burnt by her boyfriend has succumbed to her injuries. Nompumelelo Gumede from Emalahleni in Mpumalanga passed away on Sunday, 3 August. Another victim, Mbali Bill (23) succumbed to her injuries on Read more