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Mandla Khoza is a freelance reporter for the Sowetan newspaper

Mpumalanga police use rubber bullets, teargas and stun grenades to disperse EFF members blocking the N4 highway after Julius Malema's sentencing.

WATCH | Mpumalanga police fire rubber bullets at EFF members after Malema sentencing

Mpumalanga supporters attempt to block N4 highway after party leader receives 5-year jail term for discharging firearm in public

Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has been re-elected as the leader of the ANC in the province. Picture: Freddy Mavunda © Business Day

Re-elected Mpumalanga ANC chair calls for members to humble themselves and serve

Re-elected Mpumalanga ANC chairperson Mandla Ndlovu has warned against members preempting the party’s 2027 national conference.

One of the accused in the R113m Mpumalanga schools repairs scandal stands in the dock without a face mask after the magistrate ordered their removal.

WATCH | Court orders accused in R113m Mpumalanga schools scandal to remove face masks

‘No accused will wear a mask in this court,’ said magistrate Patrick Morris

A former senior Mpumalanga education department official has been arrested in connection with alleged tender fraud and corruption totalling R114m.

Former Mpumalanga education official arrested in R114m corruption probe

Former acting head of the Mpumalanga education department among 41 arrested in a Hawks operation

Slain six-year-old Bontle Zethu Ditebogo Mashiyane.

Family distraught after case of daughter's murder is postponed again

The family of a six-year-old Mpumalanga girl who was murdered in 2022 and her body mutilated say they are being denied justice as the start of their daughter's trial has been postponed three times in a space of two weeks.

Man accused of killing his sister opts to represent himself

Mluleki Nkosi, the man accused of killing his sister and burying her in a shallow grave at their Mpumalanga home, has told the Kabokweni magistrate's court that he will represent himself.

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Healthworkers, patients under siege from criminals

A clinic shut down after a robbery that has left nurses fearful for their safety and 23 cars stolen from hospitals in the past six months.

A portrait of Hillary Gardee rests in the gallery during a previous court appearance. File photo.

Court dismisses application to postpone Hillary Gardee murder trial

The four men accused of killing former EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee's daughter are expected to stand trial on Wednesday after the Mpumalanga high court dismissed an application by three of the suspects to postpone it.

Nkangala district municipal manager Maggie Skosana and her driver Gugu Mtsweni were allegedly kidnapped by men impersonating police officers.

Mpumalanga municipal manager and driver kidnapped

Nkangala district municipal manager Maggie Skosana and her driver Gugu Mtsweni were allegedly kidnapped outside the municipal buildings by men impersonating police officers.

Two accused ‘seen loading Hillary Gardee’s body into car'

The third accused in the Hillary Gardee murder case was seen loading her body into a vehicle belonging to one of his co-accused, according to investigating officer Col Thamsanqa Mkhaliphi.

The ANC said Mnganga-Gcabashe's death leaves a deep void within the movement and the nation. File photo.

WATCH | ANC suspects arson behind fire at its Mpumalanga offices

An arsonist is believed to have been behind the blaze that engulfed the ANC provincial headquarters in Mpumalanga on Thursday morning.

Culpable homicide cases have been opened for further investigations in both incidents.

Three hospitalised after gunmen open fire on ANC meeting

At least three people have been hospitalised after a shooting at an ANC meeting in Driekoppies outside Malalane, Mpumalanga.

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Pretrial conference of former state security minister Bongo postponed

The pre-trial hearing of former state security minister Bongani Bongo has been postponed because one of his co-accused changed lawyers and the legal representative of another accused didn't show up in court.

Wild animals like lions in game farms in Mpumalanga will miss seeing the presence of humans after operations at the game farms came to a halt due to a strike.

Strike action shuts Mpumalanga game reserves

Fourteen game reserves owned by the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency have been shut since Tuesday as employees downed tools, demanding better working conditions and for those in acting positions to be appointed permanently.

Ramaphosa's farmworker asks CCMA to overturn his sacking

An employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa' s cattle farm is taking the fight to get his job back to the CCMA after he was fired for missing work for two days when he took ill.