Author: Tshwarelo Mogakane

Low's Creek
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Search for hikers lost in the heights of Low’s Creek intensifies

Mpumalanga police are racing against time to find two men who mysteriously vanished while hiking the treacherous mountains of Low’s Creek near Mbombela. The duo,... Read more.
Feared cop released on bail
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MEC welcomes sentencing of driver responsible for pupils’ deaths

Jackie Macie, the MEC for community safety in Mpumalanga, has welcomed the sentencing of the unlicensed driver who caused the tragic deaths of nine students. Nkosinathi... Read more.
Adoption
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Mom wins R100K after four-month-old baby spent time in jail

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been ordered to pay R100 000 to a Mpumalanga child who spent two days in a freezing jail cell with her mother in 2021. The mother... Read more.
Mkhondo youth-owned businesses
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Mkhondo youth-owned businesses thrive despite challenges hindering further growth  

Two dynamic youth-owned businesses in the Mkhondo Local Municipality have made significant strides, thanks to support from provincial funding agencies like the Mpumalanga... Read more.
zama zama
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Hope that Zama Zama raid will restore town to glory

When jobless residents of Pilgrims Rest tried to chase away illegal miners from their town, the men notoriously known as zama zamas came back heavily armed to protect... Read more.
Feared cop released on bail
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Taxi crash victim scores R1.7m settlement against RAF

The Mpumalanga High Court in Mbombela has ordered the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to pay a Bushbuckridge restaurant worker R1.7-million. The award was granted as restitution... Read more.
Rogue contractor fired over delayed R218m clinic project
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Crowd heckles, jeers at Mpumalanga health MEC during speech

Mpumalanga Health MEC Sasekani Manzini got more than she bargained for when she tried to sweet-talk the dissatisfied residents of Mkhondo Local Municipality about... Read more.
Lily Mine
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Lily Mine victims’ families blast parliamentary committee over ‘lies’ 

The families of the Lily Mine workers who were swallowed into the earth eight years ago, say they have no faith that change is coming after the parliamentary portfolio... Read more.