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BY ERIC MATOME KGOMO MAPHOTLA: The police in Mpumalanga have launched a massive manhunt for suspects who murdered a businesswoman at Maphotla Village outside Siyabuswa. According to the police, the 48-year-old woman, who was identified as Emily Mthimunye, was gunned down in a hail of bullets by four unknown suspects at her business premises on…

ERIC MATOME KGOMO SAAIPLAAS: Embokodweni Primary School in Saaiplaas, Elias Motsaoledi Local Municipality in Limpopo, is in dire state of despair. The condition of the school is causing sleepless nights to parents, with its old dilapidating structure and ceilings falling off frequently. According to parents, the school was since built in the early 1980. The…

BY ERIC MATOME KGOMO MIDDLEBURG: Following the spike of taxi violence that plagued the province recently, Mpumalanga MEC for Public Works, Roads and Transport, Mohita Latchminarain, have on Wednesday 5 May suspended taxi operation at the Nazaret Taxi Rank in Middleburg. The closure of the taxi rank left hundreds of commuters stranded, however, later on…

BY ERIC MATOME KGOMO GROBLERSDAL: Sekhukhune District Municipality (SDM) has condemned acts of violence implicating one of their senior official Mpho Maepa, following altercation and assault acts he committed on a female victim in Groblersdal. The assault was captured in a video showing Maepa harassing and slapping a woman at a Groblersdal Mall parking space….