The two foreign nationals accused of shooting and killing provincial culture, sports and recreation spokesman Sammy Mpatlanyane will have to stay in jail until the end of their trial. This comes after the Nelspruit magistrate’s court denied bail to second ...
Read More »Court awaits DNA test results in chief whip murder case
The case against four men implicated in the murder of the late chief whip of the Ehlanzeni district municipality in Mpumalanga, Johan Ndlovu, was on Wednesday postponed for DNA test results to be made available at their next court appearance. ...
Read More »Mpatlanyane murder suspect confessed – says prosecutor
Two men arrested in connection with one of the infamous January Murders in Mpumalanga – that of provincial culture, sport and recreation spokesman Sammy Mpatlanyane – have been denied bail. The state opposed the bail application of Mozambican Nito Mashava, ...
Read More »Drama unfolds in Sammy Mpatlanyane court case
Two men arrested in connection with one of the infamous January Murders in Mpumalanga – that of provincial culture, sport and recreation spokesman Sammy Mpatlanyane – will apply for bail on Thursday. Mozambican Nito Mashava, 28, and co-accused Tanzanian national ...
Read More »Slain Speaker’s widow says cops have wrong suspects
The widow of murdered Mbombela municipal speaker Jimmy Mohlala is convinced that the five people who have been arrested in connection with her husband’s murder have been framed to protect the real killers. The widow, Bonny Mohlala, told African Eye ...
Read More »Sammy Mpatlanyane murder suspect assaulted, lawyer
A Tanzanian man accused of belonging to a gang that murdered a Mpumalanga government director was sent for medical examination on Monday after allegedly being beaten by police. The visibly-bruised 29-year-old could barely walk as he entered in the Nelspruit ...
Read More »Ermelo voters plan to spoil their ballots
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 ...
Read More »Police, ANC urged to “look deeper” into councillor’s murder
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 ...
Read More »Mpumalanga capital city ignores PAIA rules
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 ...
Read More »Police contradict each other over “stolen” R4 million at premier Mabuza’s farm
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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