Crime Related News
Just weeks after scores of unemployed doctors marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to demand the government employ them, a Mpumalanga medical doctor may find her name added to the list of unemployed healthcare professionals. The Mpumalanga Health Department has confirmed it has suspended Gugu Masina (32), who was deployed as a medical doctor…
Mpumalanga Hawks have issued a warning to the public to be vigilant regarding card skimming machines at any point of card payment. This alert follows suspicions of bank card skimming devices being used by some fuel attendants at a filling station near the Middelburg toll gate on the N4 highway. Internal audit investigations conducted by…
On Sunday, March 3, a tragic incident occurred in Ebhudzini, Ackerville, Emalahleni, where a 67-year-old grandmother, Caroline Khoza, lost her life after being shot. The police are still in pursuit of the suspects who are believed to be responsible for this heinous crime. According to reports, Khoza was found lying in a pool of blood…
MIDDELBURG – A 41-year-old mother of seven cried foul while recounting her sad tale of forced removal by the Steve Tshwete municipality. Gertrude Sefoloshe, also caring for a child with a disability, was first seen in a video published on social media wearing ANC regalia, complaining of harassment by municipal officials who cut her electrical…
EMALAHLENI – In a tragic turn of events, a 26-year-old woman named Ziyanda Mkhomazi has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Lungile Khumalo (36), in Emalahleni. The incident occurred on Saturday, February 17, at KwaGuqa extension 10. According to reports, a heated argument between the couple escalated into a physical altercation, resulting in Khumalo sustaining…
EMALAHLENI – A 24-year-old Noxolo Mathebula has finally broken her silence after being reported missing on Tuesday, February 20. Mathebula, a resident of Emalahleni at Duncan Street near downtown, was last seen heading to meet an unknown man she had connected with on the popular online dating app Tinder. Her disappearance sparked widespread concern until…
MPUMALANGA – In a significant development concerning corruption within Eskom, the Hawks’ Middelburg-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit has arrested Nontuthubo Surprise Mahweliri (44), a manager at Eskom’s Hendrina Power Station in Mpumalanga, and her alleged accomplice, Mokgawa Recca Sewla (39), on charges of fraud, theft, and money laundering. According to Captain Dineo Sekgotodi, Mpumalanga…
DELMAS – The case of the Victor Khanye Local Municipality, Khaya Robert Segone, has been postponed to 16 July for further investigation by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Matrix Lupondo. Lupondo will reportedly be investigating the solidity of the cases before they are presented for trial as a high profile matter should be analysed and…
The Delmas South African Police Service (SAPS) hosted a pre-Easter prayer for safer roads and hope for the end to domestic violence and drug abuse in the Victor Khanye community. It is no secret that during the Easter holidays, many deadly accidents occur on the R42 and N12 roads across Victor Khanye Local Municipality. In…
Students at Nkangala TVET College’s Witbank campus protested outside the premises demanding their national student financial aid scheme (NSFAS) allowance which also covers for their accommodation on 25 March. They also cried to the TVET college’s principal, Siyabulela Ndlala they were tired of empty promises and they wanted the issue of sexual harassment among the…
