Nelspruit

'Shut up, Julius'

says he has advised Youth League president Julius Malema to desist from making controversial statements. Zuma was speaking to SABC Current Affairs in Nelspruit where he was campaigning for next year's elections. He said the ANC...

Child rapist gets R3 000 bail

Child rapist gets R3 000 bail Thandy Ndlovu Nelspruit - A man was found guilty of raping two children, but was released on R3 000 bail when his lawyer argued that the girls had contradicted themselves during their testimonies....

Boy hero saves 11

Thobile Mlangeni Nelspruit - A 12-year-old boy has become a hero after saving the lives of 11 of his family members. Nicholas Guma woke up at about 02:00 on Tuesday when he smelt smoke in the garage where he and his older...

Probe launched into fatal Mpumalanga crash

The Mpumalanga Department of Roads and Transport has appointed a commission to investigate the cause of this morning's road accident. Twenty-three people died and eight were injured when two trucks collided on the R40 between...

Locals girls get to dream big

Thobile Mlangeni Nelspruit - Former SABC 1 continuity presenter and current Ligwalagwala FM radio personality Kedebone Mkhabela is on a drive to encourage young girls from the kasie where she grew up to enter beauty pageants....

Accused: I didn't mean to kill

Thandy Ndlovu Nelspruit - A man accused of killing his employer's son will be sent for mental observation at Weskoppies psychiatric hospital in Pretoria to determine if he's fit to stand trial. Ewet Matsimela Hlokwe, 32, of...

Pupil jailed for 15 years

Thobile Mlangeni Nelspruit - A matric pupil skipped bail on Monday because he was writing his final exams, only to be sentenced to 15 years in jail on Tuesday for a brutal attack on an elderly couple. Denis Nkosi, 21, of...

Taxi owner held for fraud

Johannesburg - A 47-year-old taxi owner was arrested for fraud on Tuesday after the taxi he had sent to be scrapped under the taxi recapitalisation project was seen operating near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga police said. Captain...

Mother, child burnt to death

Thabisile Khoza Nelspruit - A 22-year-old mother and her three-year-old daughter burnt to death in what appears to have been a deliberate arson attack on their home in Daantjie near Nelspruit early on Friday morning. Five other...

KZN hitman gets life

Pietermaritzburg - A hired gunman who murdered two men regarded by farmers as troublemakers was jailed for life by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday. Lucky Mlangeni, 35, of Nelspruit, pleaded guilty to the murders,...

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