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School to be named after Nzima

A public school to be named after the legendary and award winning photo-journalist Sam Nzima will be built in Lillydale. This was announced by the premier, Refilwe Mtsweni during her maiden policy and budget speech on Tuesday. “During the funeral of ...

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Premier’s Office won’t report thief

The Office of the Premier has admitted that a fraud perpetrator is still in the employ of government, and that they will not report him to the police. In response to a media enquiry following an investigation by Ziwaphi, premier’s ...

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Listeriosis virus claims 11 in Mpumalanga

The recent outbreak of the Listeriosis virus has claimed the lives of eleven (11) people in the province. This was announced by the MEC of health, Gillion Mashego during his policy and budget speech at the provincial legislature on Tuesday. ...

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Hail storm leaves one dead

At least one person has been reported dead and many people left homeless after the heavy storm that swept across some parts of the Lowveld on Sunday night. According to police report, the 65 year old man from Piennar was ...

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Government plans to honour Lowveld massacre victims

Plans to finally honour and afford the victims of the 1986 Lowveld Massacre the respect and dignity they deserve are well underway and could happen sooner rather than later.  This was spelled out by the newly deployed MEC for Culture, ...

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Dodgy heads of department busted

The MEC for finance and economic development and tourism has accused heads of departments in Mpumalanga province of abusing government policy to mismanage funds allocated to departments. Kholwane decried that HODs budget for specific items, knowing very well that they ...

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Mandla Ndlovu can lose but still win, says PEC

It will be a matter of having his cake and eating it for ANC provincial secretary, Mandla Ndlovu, when the organisation holds its provincial general council next month to fill vacancies that resulted from the election of three leaders into ...

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VIDEO: MEC Kholwane explains PRET-Govt relationship

Mpumalanga’s MEC for finance and economic development and tourism has denied that the provincial government was funding the Practical Radical Economic Transformation (PRET). PRET is registered as a non-profit making organisation for unemployed young people, however, the organisation is known ...

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I want to die – says patient after neglect at hospital

WATCH VIDEO Every patient’s wish when he or she gets to hospital is to be healed and to improve their longevity. After all, the dictionary describes a hospital as an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people. ...

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PRET is like a child that’s out of control, Gvt

WATCH  Mpumalanga’s MEC for finance and economic development and tourism has denied that the provincial government was funding the Practical Radical Economic Transformation (PRET). PRET is registered as a non-profit making organisation for unemployed young people, however, the organisation is ...

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