The case of a Mpumalanga ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) member accused of the rape of his 8-year-old twin daughters was postponed in the Mbombela Magistrate's Court on Monday. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said the man appeared in court alongside his 26-year-old stepson."The matter has been postponed to 1 October for a formal…
A man has been arrested for the murder of a 14-year-old girl. The body of a 14-year-old girl who was believed to have been kidnapped was found in a pit toilet near her Mpumalanga home over the weekend.A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder and is due to appear in court…
A 40-year-old Mpumalanga man will appear in court for allegedly being involved in the theft of almost R1.4m worth of railway tracks. PHOTO: Supplied by Transnet An employee of a well-known waste management and scrap metal company has been arrested for railway line theft.He is the third and latest suspect to be arrested in connection…
Okert De Meillon failed to appear in court last week to face charges related to violating arms and explosives laws.De Meillon was arrested during a July search at his home after the death of his fiancé's mother.Rehane Potgieter was shot in the back at the home De Meillon and her daughter, Rehanie, shared in Bethal.A…
Kebone Masange. (Mpumalanga Department of Human Settlements, Facebook) The head of Mpumalanga's human settlements department, Kebone Masange, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Thursday on immigration-related charges.Masange faces charges of fraud, the possession of fraudulent documents and the contravention of the Immigration Act, regional National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said.Immigration officials arrested…
As longevity science has entered the wellness zeitgeist, experts have worked to popularize the idea of healthspan over lifespan—the number of years you thrive, not just survive. And when it comes to the components that drive long-term health, muscle plays an outsize role, Gabrielle Lyon, DO, a family medicine physician and author of Forever Strong
3 min read HEART FAILURE. RECTAL cancer. Brain bleeds. Each of the people in this package of stories might not be alive today without a key medical innovation that took many years, millions of dollars, and countless setbacks and breakthroughs to get quite right. Who are the next people to be saved? Survivors Stories 1.
When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain to deal with the survival scenario at hand. “Beautiful” is the word Luke Henderson, PhD, uses to describe this process