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Mandla Khoza is a freelance reporter for the Sowetan newspaper

Four people were shot dead while seated in a car when gunmen peppered their vehicle with bullets on Sunday evening at Mkhuhlu in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. Picture:

Four people die seated inside car as gunmen fire over 40 bullets at them

Four people were shot dead execution-style in Mkhuhlu, Mpumalanga, raising the death toll of such killings to 33 this year

Mpumalanga police use rubber bullets, teargas and stun grenades to disperse EFF members blocking the N4 highway after Julius Malema's sentencing.

WATCH | Mpumalanga police fire rubber bullets at EFF members after Malema sentencing

Mpumalanga supporters attempt to block N4 highway after party leader receives 5-year jail term for discharging firearm in public

Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has been re-elected as the leader of the ANC in the province. Picture: Freddy Mavunda © Business Day

Re-elected Mpumalanga ANC chair calls for members to humble themselves and serve

Re-elected Mpumalanga ANC chairperson Mandla Ndlovu has warned against members preempting the party’s 2027 national conference.

Slain six-year-old Bontle Zethu Ditebogo Mashiyane.

Family distraught after case of daughter’s murder is postponed again

The family of a six-year-old Mpumalanga girl who was murdered in 2022 and her body mutilated say they are being denied justice as the start of their daughter's trial has been postponed three times in a space of two weeks.

Man accused of killing his sister opts to represent himself

Mluleki Nkosi, the man accused of killing his sister and burying her in a shallow grave at their Mpumalanga home, has told the Kabokweni magistrate's court that he will represent himself.

A portrait of Hillary Gardee shown in the gallery during a court appearance. File picture.

Court dismisses application to postpone Hillary Gardee murder trial

The four men accused of killing former EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee's daughter are expected to stand trial on Wednesday after the Mpumalanga high court dismissed an application by three of the suspects to postpone it.

Two accused ‘seen loading Hillary Gardee’s body into car'

The third accused in the Hillary Gardee murder case was seen loading her body into a vehicle belonging to one of his co-accused, according to investigating officer Col Thamsanqa Mkhaliphi.

The ANC said Mnganga-Gcabashe's death leaves a deep void within the movement and the nation. File photo.

WATCH | ANC suspects arson behind fire at its Mpumalanga offices

An arsonist is believed to have been behind the blaze that engulfed the ANC provincial headquarters in Mpumalanga on Thursday morning.

Court proceeding were delayed at the Nelspruit Magistrates Court on Thursday morning after a man was spotted entering the premises while carrrying a positive Covid-19 result. Health workers had to be called to clean the corridors.

Man enters court premises with 'positive' Covid-19 results

There was drama at the Nelspruit magistrate's court on Thursday morning as a man entered the courtroom carrying positive Covid-19 results.

Bongani Bongo

Pretrial conference of former state security minister Bongo postponed

The pre-trial hearing of former state security minister Bongani Bongo has been postponed because one of his co-accused changed lawyers and the legal representative of another accused didn't show up in court.

Swazi nationals being carried by bakkies from the informal crossing to South Africa at Jeppes Reef.

EFF helps Swazis shut Mananga border with SA

Informal crossings in Mbuzini, Jeppes Reef and Mananga were also filled with Swazi nationals heading to SA.

Deputy President David Mabuza addressing learners at the Idlangemabala High School following the official unveiling of the plaque and touring of the Cyber Laboratory.

David Mabuza tells youth to change rural economy

Schools benefit from state’s digitisation rollout

Ramaphosa's farmworker asks CCMA to overturn his sacking

An employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa' s cattle farm is taking the fight to get his job back to the CCMA after he was fired for missing work for two days when he took ill.

Part of the house that was washed away with a man in Mpumalanga on Saturday.

Man, part of his house washed away by flood

The SA Weather Service has issued an “orange” warning of disruptive rainfall in Mpumalanga and Limpopo on Monday and Tuesday

91-year-old Elizabeth Ndlovu, who was on Monday evicted from her RDP house with her children and grandchildren.

Pensioner, 91, loses RDP house to ANC senior leader

A 91-year-old pensioner has been evicted from a house she has lived in for more than a decade after it was sold for a second time to a senior ANC leader in her area without her knowledge