Category Crime

Man arrested after being found with child pornography

A man was arrested by the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) in eMalahleni after he was found with child pornographic material. He appeared in the Emalahleni Magistrate’s Court yesterday, 28 September. The suspect was also charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm. According to the police, the FCS…

Man convicted for chopping his ex-lover to death

A 30-year-old man from Mangosuthu in Piet Retief, Thulasizwe Mtholephi Kunene, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court of South Africa: Mpumalanga Division sitting in Breyten for the murder of his ex-lover, Thuli Mavuso, and housebreaking. Kunene pleaded guilty and was convicted of housebreaking and murder. This…

Six suspects arrested for teen's murder

Suspects to appear in court for business burglary

SABIE – Two suspects were arrested on Saturday after a business burglary which resulted in a shoot-out with police. The pair are due to appear at the Sabie Magistrate’s Court. According to the police, they were notified about a burglary when about six suspects broke into a cellphone shop and…

Life sentence for murder of man

NELSPRUIT – The Provincial Commissioner of South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma, has welcomed a life imprisonment term meted to 38 year old Lucas Tsietsi Nkoana. The sentence was handed down by the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court which was sitting in Delmas on Thursday,…

Former immigration officer sentenced for fraud

PIET RETIEF – Sam Msuseni Ntuli (59) was found guilty and sentenced by the Piet Retief Regional Court on Wednesday 12 August 2020 for Fraud. Between the period of 30 July 2015 to 04 June 2016 Ntuli was an employee of the Department of Home Affairs at Mahamba Port of…