The Mpumalanga Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in Middelburg sentenced former attorney, Mantladi Jo-Anne Mmela to 10 years’ direct imprisonment for the theft of over R4.1 million from an attorney’s trust account. Mmela was convicted on four counts of theft committed between June 2019 and March 2022 while practising as…
A joint operation of the Special Investigating Unit, Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority have uncovered corruption related to Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). They have seized various assets and properties valued at approximately R52.6 million. The assets and properties are linked to 22 senior management officials, service providers, and…
The eMalahleni Regional Court sentenced a 46-year-old man for two counts of rape. The accused admitted guilt for the offence and the court subsequently convicted him of raping his stepdaughter and her younger sister in 2022. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the stepfather who was convicted was left…
Two Eskom employees appeared in court for fraud, corruption, and money laundering. Thandi Ruth Magagula and Nontuthubo Surprise Mahweliri were arrests follow criminal referrals made by the Special Investigating Unit to the National Prosecuting Authority. The pair appeared in the Middelburg Regional Court, and Hendrina Magistrate’s Court. An SIU investigation…
More than 500 jobs will be saved under the new ownership at Optimum Coal Mine in Middelburg.his The National Union of Mineworkers welcomed the settlement agreement between the National Prosecuting Authority and Liberty Coal ordered by the North Gauteng High Court. The NPA and Liberty Coal negotiated a R462 million forfeiture…
MBOMBELA – Sentencing proceedings for Sipho Mapalala began on Thursday in the Mbombela Magistrate’s Court. This is following the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) securing a guilty plea from Mapalala in January 2023. He faces charges of corruption and bribery after attempting to bribe a Special Investigating Unit investigator to make…
MBOMBELA- Elvis Aaron Zulu(40) will spend 83 years in prison following a conviction by the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court. His sentence is following 22 counts ranging from nine counts of rape, six counts of kidnapping, three counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, three counts of pointing a firearm…
A case against the three men who allegedly killed the Ward Councillor, Sbonelo Mthembu-Ntshangase and two other victims, Sizwe Mbingo and Sandile Khumalo, has been postponed to February 6, 2023 for bail application. READ | Three vehicles recovered in Mozambican border According to the National Prosecution Authority, the trio made their…
He was supposed to perform a ritual for his daughter in April 2019, but he instead raped her at a gravesite. The 34-year-old man from Masoyi was sentenced to 22 years’ direct imprisonment by the Nelspruit Sexual offences Court. READ | Suspect rapes his grandmother and cousin According to the National…
The five men accused of killing the Coka brothers have been granted bail of R10 000 each by the Piet Retief Magistrates Court. READ |Bail application for Piet Retief farm murder suspects to be heard today The bail is on condition that they do not interfere with state witnesses in…