Crime Related News
Allegations of misusing municipal funds to attend an ANC event have rocked the struggling Dr JS Moroka Municipality in Nkangala. The municipality, which is battling to deliver services, allegedly paid R97,322 to book accommodation for its troika councillors—the mayor, speaker, and whip—to attend the ANC January 8 celebrations held in Mbombela from January 10 to…
Samuel Bassie Mahlangu, a retired warrant officer, appeared before the Delmas Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, facing serious charges of defeating the ends of justice and tampering with evidence. The case stems from allegations that Mahlangu, 60, disposed of gold-bearing materials that were crucial evidence in an illegal mining investigation. According to Hawks…
MPUMALANGA – Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela, has welcomed the four life sentences imposed on a serial attacker and killer who terrorized women in Kwaggafontein between 2020 and 2022. The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court, sitting in Middelburg on Friday, June 7, 2024, handed down the severe…
MPUMALANGA – It is still unclear whether Mpumalanga Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Dephney Manamela will be suspended after national Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s alleged intention to suspend her dominated news headlines. According to reports, the “no-nonsense” policewoman from Middelburg was given until Thursday, May 23, 2024, to provide reasons to the national commissioner why she…
‘They are trying to remove her so that they can put a person who will be soft on criminals.’ MIDDELBURG – Mpumalanga residents believe that attempts to remove the province’s top cop, Dephney Manamela, will do more harm than good. The provincial SAPS commissioner was given until Thursday, May 23, to provide reasons why she…
DELMAS – Investigating officer Kgabo Mothupi took the stand at the Delmas Magistrate Court on May 14, 2024, recounting the events of March 22, 2024. Mothupi, called in by a former SAPS commander, provided testimony regarding the incident. The bail application date has been postponed to May 21, 2024. Mothupi stressed that he received a…
DELMAS – Two suspects accused of the murder of an off-duty police officer appeared before the Delmas Magistrate Court on Monday, May 13, 2024. Alfred Qwabe (26) and August Khoza (35) were remanded in custody, facing charges including murder, attempted murder, and armed robbery. The arrests were made following a joint effort by Delmas Detectives…
MIDDELBURG – The Middelburg High Court has convicted and sentenced Xolani Sebothoma (24) from Dennilton to three life terms and an additional 65 years’ imprisonment for multiple counts of rape committed in the Nkangala district between July 2019 and February 2020. The accused pleaded guilty to the charges and was subsequently convicted on four counts…
MIDDELBURG – Nqubeko Mchunu will have to stay in prison for a year before the start of his trial. He was rearrested in Soweto after evading court for 13 months while out on R10,000 bail. Mchunu (43) was employed as a security guard for a company that was awarded a controversial security contract at the…
MIDDELBURG – Workers of Steve Tshwete municipality are demanding answers from alleged killer Nqubeko Mchunu, now arrested fugitive, regarding who ordered him to open fire on them. Mchunu (43) has been on the run for nearly 13 months after reportedly shooting two municipal employees and a community member during wage negotiations on 17 August 2022….
