The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court convicted and sentenced Velly Teddy “Simbarara” Thwala to life imprisonment yesterday. The court found him guilty for the premeditated murder of his girlfriend, Nontobeko Nosipho Msithini. The court also declared Thwala unfit to possess a firearm in terms of the Firearms Control 60 of…
Murder accused, Velly Thwala told the Mpumalanga High Court that his girlfriend was murdered by her ex lover. This was on Monday, March 4 when Thwala took the stand facing a murder charge after his girlfriend, Nosipho Msithini’s body was found in a bag last year. The incident took place…
Murder accused, Velly Thwala will be representing himself in court. His request was made on Monday when he appeared in the Mbombela High Court on Monday for the murder of his girlfriend, Nontobeko Msithini whose body was stuffed in a bag in Barberton last year. READ | “Enough is enough”- Barberton…
MBOMBELA – Valencia Nonhlanhla Mthunywa will spend 20 years in prison after she was convicted and sentenced in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court today. Her mother Wanter Jabulile Dlamini’s body was found dumped at a local dumping area near an abattoir in Barberton in January 2020. She was…
MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Vusi Shongwe has called for for cautious driving amid rising fatal crashes in the province. Nine people died in two separate crashes this morning. The first crash happened when a sedan and sport utility vehicle (SUV) collided head-on on the N4 toll road…
BARBERTON – Murder accused Velly Thwala asked the magistrate to clear the gallery during his appearance this morning. His third appearance comes after he found by residents with 19-year- old Nosipho Nontobeko Msithini’s body in a bag on February 19. READ | Investigation underway after councillor’s murder in Mkhondo After making…
BARBERTON – The community is up in arms over Gender-Based Violence perpetrators and the recent death of a 19 year-old whose body was found wrapped in a bag by her boyfriend. Nontobeko Nosipho Msithini’s boyfriend(38) was rescued by police after he was assaulted by angry resident. after they found him…
The days of gangs who terrorise communities in and around Barberton will soon be a thing of the past. This is according to MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Vusi Shongwe, who was speaking during the Public Participation Programme (Imbizo) that was held in Emjindini outside Barberton last Saturday.…
The Commander-In-Chief of the South African National Defence Force, President Cyril Ramaphosa officiated the Armed Forces Day today. READ | Cyril Ramaphosa visits province He laid a wreath in Barberton earlier in remembrance of those fallen. He delivered a keynote address thereafter in Mbombela. Here’s all the sequence of events in…
This was a Touch a Million initiative under Sisterhood Tribe programme last week in Barberton. READ | Nedbank Cup is back! Celebrating 15 years The tourney was to promote health services to combat teenage pregnancy and the fight against HIV Here are the highlights: