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…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I