Ziwaphi
24th Feb 2011
News, Politics
Disgruntled voters in Wesselton, Ermelo, plan to spoil their ballot papers in the upcoming general elections.
The township was the scene of violent protests from February 13 to 16 following complaints that the ANC’s Gert Sibande Regional Executive Council tried ...
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Ziwaphi
19th Feb 2011
News
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Ziwaphi
5th Jan 2011
Corruption, News, Political Killings, Politics
For the fourth consecutive year, another politician has been killed in Mpumalanga. While Velaphi Ntshalintshali, 37, is believed to have been the victim of domestic violence and not a political plot, the string of murders is enough to send shivers ...
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Ziwaphi
5th Jan 2011
Corruption, Investigative, News, Political Killings, Politics
Mpumalanga’s capital city has failed to keep to the law relating to the release of information to the public. For 48 days, the Mbombela local municipality has failed to positively respond to queries about a R1,5 million golden handshake paid ...
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Ziwaphi
3rd Dec 2010
Investigative, News, Politics
After months of official denials, Barberton police confirmed this week that a case relating to R4-million that went missing from a farm owned by David Mabuza, the Mpumalanga premier, has been opened. But the provincial organised crime unit insisted that ...
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Ziwaphi
12th Nov 2010
Politics
The ANC Youth League in Mpumalanga has called on its mother body to immediately remove the party’s deputy chief whip in the provincial legislature, accusing him of being a danger to the party. The call came after Bonakele Majuba, who ...
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Ziwaphi
15th Oct 2010
Corruption, News, Political Killings, Politics, Special Reports
The man suspected of pulling the trigger in the murder of Jimmy Mohlala, corruption-busting speaker of Mpumalanga’s capital city, has been arrested. “We found him at a hiding place in Matsulu township on Monday at about 5pm. He was arrested ...
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Ziwaphi
4th Oct 2010
Corruption, News, Political Killings, Politics
Political and community activists swamped the KaBokweni magistrate’s court on Monday to catch a glimpse of the suspects accused of executing the corruption-busting speaker of Mpumalanga’s capital city, Jimmy Mohlala. Two of the accused are policemen, while a third accused ...
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Ziwaphi
6th Jun 2010
Crime, News, Political Killings, Politics
The past month has not been a good one for the Mpumalanga police’s reputation as upholders of the law. Since early June, at least six police members – two of them very senior – have appeared in court on charges ranging from ...
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Ziwaphi
7th May 2010
Corruption, Political Killings, Politics
The African National Congress (ANC) and police in Mpumalanga issued what is probably the harshest statement in defence of the organisation’s provincial chairperson who is also the Premier of the province, David “DD” Mabuza. Both statements condemn those behind a ...
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