Mpumalanga premier, Refilwe Mtsweni says a forensic investigation will be launched into allegations of corruption and mismanagement of funds in the Govan Mbeki municipality.
Protesting Embalenhle residents in Secunda in Mpulamanga have been granted their wish to have their electricity supplied directly from Eskom.
Mayor of the Govan Mbeki municipality in Mpumalanga Thandi Ngxonono has conceded that they do lack the capacity to provide residents with uninterrupted electricity.
The Govan Mbeki Municipality in Secunda is blaming power problems on a high demand and supply reduction by Eskom.
Residents of eMbalenhle near Secunda in Mpumalanga have vowed to continue with their demonstrations until their municipality addresses their grievances.
Mpumalanga police say over 100 people have been arrested due to property destruction following service delivery protests in Secunda.
Legal technicalities at the Omotoso trial at the High Court in Port Elizabeth are again hampering the flow of the trial.
The defence in the Timothy Omotoso trial wants parts of the second witness Lerato Msibi’s testimony taken off record, saying it was inadmissible.
The Port Elizabeth High Court again heard the testimony of sexual abuse allegedly at the hands of Pastor Timothy Omotoso.
The second witness in the Pastor Timothy Omotoso rape trial underway at the Port Elizabeth High Court has accused him of luring her into his bedroom.
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