Five suspects facing murder charges including a former police official were remanded in custody today, They appeared in the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court following Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Piet Pretorius’s death last Thursday. Mthobisi Nkosi (40), Aubrey Xaba (35), Skhumbuzo Skhakhane (40), Nyiko Mujovo (30) and Valencia Skhosana…
MBOMBELA – The South African Social Security Agency would like to inform all Covid-19 SRD grant beneficiaries that the Agency is mandated to cancel the fraudulent grant payments. After the grant has been cancelled, the beneficiary is allowed to re-apply. SASSSA implemented this activity to ensure that the agency pays…
ERMELO- A search for is underway following a fatal shooting of Lieutenant Colonel Piet Pretorius (59) yesterday . Circumstances surrounding the incident are still sketchy at this stage and more details will be shared at a later stage. It is reported that Lieutenant Colonel Pretorius was driving in an official…
Christian Zanele Vilakazi (38), was sentenced to four years direct imprisonment by the Middelburg Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday, January 15. Vilakazi, a traffic officer, was arrested in June 2019 at Middelburg following an undercover operation that was conducted between 2018 and 2019 in the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality where…
Patrick Bongani Nkosi (39) arrested in connection with the fatal shooting at Levisa Tavern in Pienaar appeared in the Kabokweni Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, January 14. The court hearing marked a significant step in the investigation into the shooting incident, which claimed eight lives and left others seriously injured on…
Two suspects will appear in court soon after they were arrested for dealing in dagga. The suspects aged 30 and 36 were arrested in Barberton on Monday, January 13 during the Vala Umgodi operation when their car was spotted by police. READ | Dagga worth R47 million seized! “They tried…
A 39 year-old man was arrested last night in connection with the shooting incident that left eight people dead. The incident occurred on Saturday, January 11 at Levisa Tavern in Pienaar. The shooting incident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning, is believed to have involved an exchange…
PIENAAR – Eight people were shot and killed in a horrific mass shooting incident at Levisa Tavern this morning, Saturday, January 11. The shooting incident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning, is believed to have involved an exchange of gunfire among the victims, although the circumstances and…
The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Sambulo Bruce Tshabalala, also known as “Sam Holdings”, after he failed to appear in court for his fraud and corruption cases. READ | Kwaggafontein shop owner arrested for rape Tshabalala’s troubles began in 2020 when he…
KWAMHLANGA – Kosi Christian Thugwana of the Ndzundza Traditional Council was shot dead in Tweefontein last Sunday. The police are investigating circumstances around the shooting incident of a 45-year-old. According to the police, it is alleged that the victim was shot in his vehicle by unknown criminals around 21:00pm. READ…