Two men arrested in connection with one of the infamous January Murders in Mpumalanga – that of provincial culture, sport and recreation spokesman Sammy Mpatlanyane – will apply for bail on Thursday. Mozambican Nito Mashava, 28, and co-accused Tanzanian national ...
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Slain Speaker’s widow says cops have wrong suspects
The widow of murdered Mbombela municipal speaker Jimmy Mohlala is convinced that the five people who have been arrested in connection with her husband’s murder have been framed to protect the real killers. The widow, Bonny Mohlala, told African Eye ...
Read More »Sammy Mpatlanyane murder suspect assaulted, lawyer
A Tanzanian man accused of belonging to a gang that murdered a Mpumalanga government director was sent for medical examination on Monday after allegedly being beaten by police. The visibly-bruised 29-year-old could barely walk as he entered in the Nelspruit ...
Read More »Cops implicated in Mohlala murder given the boot
Two police constables implicated in the murder of Jimmy Mohlala, speaker of Mpumalanga’s capital city, have been dismissed after an internal investigation found that they were at the murder scene. Provincial police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Hlathi said Constable Dumisani ...
Read More »Moz Consul wants answers from Mpumalanga police
Mozambique Consul Arthur Verissimo has lodged a complaint with the Mpumalanga provincial police commissioner’s office after a Mozambican vendor lost her thumb during heavy-handed police interrogation. Verissimo, who represents Mozambique’s consulate in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, met with acting provincial police ...
Read More »Ermelo voters plan to spoil their ballots
Disgruntled voters in Wesselton, Ermelo, plan to spoil their ballot papers in the upcoming general elections. The township was the scene of violent protests from February 13 to 16 following complaints that the ANC’s Gert Sibande Regional Executive Council tried ...
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Read More »Police, ANC urged to “look deeper” into councillor’s murder
For the fourth consecutive year, another politician has been killed in Mpumalanga. While Velaphi Ntshalintshali, 37, is believed to have been the victim of domestic violence and not a political plot, the string of murders is enough to send shivers ...
Read More »Mpumalanga capital city ignores PAIA rules
Mpumalanga’s capital city has failed to keep to the law relating to the release of information to the public. For 48 days, the Mbombela local municipality has failed to positively respond to queries about a R1,5 million golden handshake paid ...
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