Police raid warehouses and shops in R30m counterfeit blitz
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has hailed the success of a two-week crime crackdown that left counterfeit and illicit traders reeling across three provinces.... Read more.
Floyd Shivambu, ex-deputy’s new party reject calls for enquiry on black poverty
Former Afrika Mayibuye Movement deputy president Nolubabalo Mcinga has resurfaced under an embryonic movement that is calling for South Africans to reject a proposal... Read more.
Infrastructure collapses where ethics fail, warns Mpumalanga MEC
South Africa’s multibillion-rand infrastructure plans are at risk of permanent paralysis unless ethical governance becomes the starting point of every project,... Read more.
Ex-cop jailed for performing sangoma-inspired sexual ritual on son
A former Mpumalanga police officer who filmed herself performing disturbing sexual acts on her 12-year-old son to appease a sangoma—and later found herself blackmailed... Read more.
Mpumalanga municipality fined R650m over sewage spills endangering residents
Emalahleni local municipality has been whipped into shape after the Mbombela High Court fined it R650-million for years of sewage spills that polluted major Mpumalanga... Read more.
Mpumalanga education MEC tells parents hungry pupils will not get extra meals
Mpumalanga education MEC Lettie Masina has politely—yet firmly—turned down pleas from parents who say their children go hungry during afternoon classes meant... Read more.
Mpumalanga gears up for Dr Esther Mahlangu’s lavish 90th birthday party
Mpumalanga is preparing to honour one of its greatest cultural icons as Dr Esther Mahlangu, the internationally acclaimed Ndebele artist, celebrates her 90th birthday... Read more.
Mpumalanga sugar industry threatened by 400% surge in Brazilian imports
South Africa’s R25-billion sugar industry has urged the government to shield it from what it calls “crippling external forces”—cheap imports and punitive... Read more.
MPs buried call to probe Cele over PKTT meddling, says De Haas
Human rights activist Mary de Haas has accused parliament of ignoring her warnings that former police minister Bheki Cele interfered in the work of the political... Read more.
Nkosana Makate’s next millions lie in Hollywood, says international playwright
Award-winning international playwright Goodenough Mashego has called upon Please Call Me millionaire Nkosana Makate to capitalise on the one asset he truly owns... Read more.
