Crime Related News
MPUMALANGA – The long-awaited crime statistics for Mpumalanga covering the first two quarters of 2024 were released on September 12, 2024. The data spans the months from January to March and from April to June 2024. The announcement was made by the Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Jackie Macie, alongside Acting Provincial…
Middelburg – It remains to be seen if the bail hearing for the four individuals accused of killing Thembeni Mnguni and Wanda Mahlangu from Laersdrift will proceed at the Middleburg Magistrates court this morning, 26 September 2024. The bail hearing has been plagued by significant delays since their arrest on 28 August 2024. Yesterday, 25…
MIDDELBURG – The case against four men accused of killing Thembeni Mnguni and Wanda Mahlangu of Laersdrift has been postponed to Wednesday, September 25, to secure another Chichewa interpreter. The delay occurred after the current interpreter left the courtroom to attend to what was described as an “urgent” matter. The accused appeared on Tuesday, September…
MIDDELBURG – One of the suspects implicated in the Laersdrift farm homicide case, Stephan Wilson from Malawi, finds himself in a state of uncertainty after his Chichewa language interpreter abruptly left the courtroom earlier today. It is also understood that the case has been delayed due to the pending submission of a docket to the…
Two charges of murder and malicious damage to property have been added to assault and kidnapping charges against the four men accused of killing two men, Thembeni Mnguni (39) and Wanda Mahlangu (23), from Laersdrift near Stoffberg. This comes after police discovered two burnt bodies believed to be that of Mnguni and Mahlangu in a…
EMALAHLENI – The Emalahleni Regional Court convicted and sentenced Patrick Nyaisi Mtsweni (49) to life imprisonment for raping a minor (14) on Thursday, August 29. The incident occurred nearly 10 years ago, on November 4, 2014, when the complainant was approached by an unfamiliar individual while walking towards her aunt’s residence in Extension 8, Klarinet….
Kwaggafontein – An incident rerrefed to as demonic, has sent shocking waves in the community of Kwaggafontein in the Thembisile Hani municipality. This follows the discovery of a woman’s body with her private part mutilated and burnt. An unidentified woman’s body was found next to the infamous Moloto road (R573) on Tuesday, 27 August 2024….
EMALAHLENI – In a significant stride towards addressing the escalating issue of violence in Mpumalanga, the Department of Health, in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), recently convened a colloquium focused on advancing the 2030 Violence Prevention Agenda. The gathering highlighted the need for enhanced…
DELMAS – The court session on August 20, 2024 was postponed to September 26, 2024 as the docket has been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a decision on whether the matter will be tried in the Regional Court or the High Court. Wessel Badenhorst, head of security at Argent, was arrested…
Seven suspects accused of abducting a Kriel Hoërskool student for a R200,000 ransom remain in custody as the Kriel Magistrate’s Court has rejected their bail application. KRIEL – The seven individuals accused of abducting a minor outside a high school in Ga-Nala, Kriel, on July 22, 2024, remain in custody after a failed attempt to…
