Author: Tshwarelo eseng Mogakane

Prosecutor's assassin appears in court
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Mpumalanga mom, daughter ‘killed’ granny over insurance payout

A 40-year-old Mpumalanga mom is in police custody for allegedly working with her 26-year-old daughter to murder her 83-year-old mother — reportedly to cash in... Read more.
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21 teens rescued from horror ‘discipline’ camp in Mpumalanga

Twenty-one terrified children have been rescued from a so-called disciplinary camp in Evander, Mpumalanga, where they were allegedly tortured and forced to swim... Read more.
Poacher gets 11 years in prison
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Mpumalanga tourism bosses happy as poacher gets 11 years in jail

Mpumalanga tourism officials have applauded convicted poacher Elias Sithole’s landmark sentence. Sithole (42), of Mkhuhlu, close to Hazyview, was found guilty... Read more.
Mpumalanga lawmakers want probe into ‘load reduction conspiracy’
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Mpumalanga lawmakers want probe into load reduction ‘conspiracy’

Allegations of a sinister “load reduction conspiracy” involving Eskom technicians and storemen have rocked Mpumalanga. This has prompted lawmakers to call for... Read more.
Mayor stops recruitment process to probe job-rigging allegations
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Mpumalanga municipality to pay up to R410K for low-skill jobs

A Mpumalanga municipality is offering permanent jobs that pay as much as R24 898 a month to candidates with a grade 10 as a minimum education requirement. This has... Read more.
Mpumalanga university appoints new vice-chancellor  
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Mpumalanga university appoints new vice-chancellor  

The University of Mpumalanga (UMP) has appointed acclaimed feminist scholar and higher education leader, Prof Thenjiwe Meyiwa, as its new vice-chancellor.  Her... Read more.
Mpumalanga plans to do away with fancy schools
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Grade 10 scandal rocks Mpumalanga municipality

The Mpumalanga premier is investigating allegations that a senior manager in the Thaba Chweu Local Municipality doesn’t have a matric. Locals have reported to... Read more.
Mpumalanga 'cash cow' agency bleeds R285m in unpaid loans
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Mpumalanga ‘cash cow’ agency bleeds R285m in unpaid loans

Mpumalanga’s main business funding agency has become a cash cow for inexperienced entrepreneurs who take loans and vanish. The Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency... Read more.
Mafoko blames broke municipalities as unpaid pension debt balloon
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Five Mpumalanga men in court over Capitec bank R2m loans scam

A group of young people have been granted bail after appearing in a Mpumalanga court for allegedly helping themselves to over R2-million through a loan scam targeting... Read more.
Premier Mandla Ndlovu fires MECs Dlamini, Masilela
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Ndlovu quizzed after MEC caught on video meeting supplier

Mpumalanga premier Mandla Ndlovu has found himself drawn into a political firestorm after the EFF suggested he may have been complicit in the appointment of a “captured”... Read more.