Ziwaphi Relentless quest for the truth

A Mpumalanga capital city councillor has denied media reports that both his ears were cut off when angry community members attacked him the nomination of a ward councillor in Kanyamazane outside Mbombela. The councillor, Bheki Zulu, who is also the ...

The results of the two studies showing that a vaginal ring can help reduce the risk HIV infection among women is being hailed as an important HIV prevention breakthrough. Launched four years ago, the two clinical trials, known as ASPIRE and The Ring Study, ...

Mpumalanga premier, David Mabuza, will be presenting his ninth state of the province address this morning. Millions of taxpayers’ money will be spent, merely to give the political head of the province the platform to make groundbreaking announcements. Now, the ...

It will take six months before members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in Mpumalanga can hear what happened to their late comrade Bomber Ntshangase. Ntshangase was killed in Bethal on May 4 2010, in what his comrades have ...

The ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL) Deputy President Desmond Moela has condemned the outfit’s members who have romantic relationships with members of opposition parties. Addressing more than 500 party supporters in Emjindini township near Barberton, Mpumalanga, over the Valentine’s Day weekend, ...

The Emakhazeni local municipality in Mpumalanga is investigating an official who is accused of deliberately supplying dirty water to the community of Siyathuthuka township in Emakhazeni. The municipality’s executive mayor Hamza Ngwenya confirmed with African Eye News Service (AENS) that ...

An eight year-old girl’s dream of becoming a medical doctor has been given a lifeline after the Mpumalanga Department of Education agreed to give her a conditional admission at a local school. Like most children her age, Sibongile Mgwenya was ...

It was the battle between South Africa’s traditionalist president and its modernist finance minister that arguably led to the latter’s sacking late last year. Former Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene had focussed on governance in State Owned Enterprises and capital projects that were unaffordable ...

The multiple-award-winning Mpumalanga-born writer Goodenough Mashego has written an award-winning play that will be showcased in California, in the United States of America, in the next two months. Mashego, from Bushbuckridge, received an invitation to watch his play, The Last ...

The South African Communist Party (SACP) in Mpumalanga has threatened to withdraw its support of ANC councillors – should they be imposed on communities ahead of the 2016 local government elections. SACP provincial secretary Bonakele Majuba made the announcement at ...