MBOMBELA – The Provincial Anti-Hijacking Task Team in Ehlanzeni, working in collaboration with the Mbombela Law Enforcement Intervention Team, successfully intercepted a vehicle transporting a large quantity of suspected dagga on Friday, 27 March. At approximately 17:00, members were conducting routine tracking and tracing operations in the Ehlanzeni area when…
MBOMBELA- Lungelo Sithole (19), the second accused in the Lusanda Mathabela murder case, was denied bail by the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court today. Sithole and his co-accused, Katlego Mokoena (19), allegedly murdered the 20-year-old at her home in Mataffin, on November 3, 2025. Investigations revealed Mathabela was brutally stabbed over 23…
MBOMBELA- A disturbing detail emerged in court on Friday, February 6, as Investigating officer Sgt Pollan Mashiloane testified that Lusanda Mathabela may have been sexually assaulted before her brutal murder. During the bail hearing of Lungelo Sithole (19), accused number two in Mathabela’s murder case, Sgt Mashiloane told the Nelspruit…
MBOMBELA – The family of Lusanda Mathabela is opposing the bail application of two 18-year-old suspects, Katlego Mokoena and Lungelo Sithole, accused of her murder. The pair appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, January 28, where their legal representatives told the court that they are proceeding with their…
20 security officers that were arrested for possession of fraudulently acquired competency certificates were all sentenced to different prison terms, ranging from six to 12 months imprisonment with an option of paying fines between R2 000 and R10 000. The accused, Thulani Mndawe (51), Frank Ndlovu (46), Derrick Shongwe (48),…
KANYAMAZANE – In a heart-wrenching turn of events, Ligwalagwala FM radio DJ, Given Mathabela has bid a tearful farewell to his 19-year-old daughter, Lusanda Hope Mathabela, who was brutally murdered in her home in Mattafin, Mbombela. Lusanda Mathabela’s life was brutally cut short in a violent attack at her home…
MBOMBELA- The Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court has convicted and sentenced a 46-year-old man from Elandshoek, to 40 years’ direct imprisonment for four counts of rape. The accused’s name is withheld to protect the victims’ identities. He pleaded guilty and was convicted for crimes committed between April 2008 and July 2022 in…
A suspect involved in the murder of Dr Nondumiso Sibanyoni has been arrested eight months later. The male suspect ( 39) was arrested on Tuesday, 8 July in Mbombela. This breakthrough comes after an incident that occurred in November 2024 where the doctor who was employed at a local hospital…