A three-month-old baby is the latest victim of Mpumalanga’s crumbling health system. She died of an unspecified chest ailment on Wednesday night while being rushed 300km for a simple chest x-ray.
Sizwe samaYende and Justin Arenstein Mpumalanga’s largest hospital, Philadelphia, broke ranks this week and announced it would provide nevirapine to pregnant women, regardless of the province’s policy on the issue. Eighty doctors, nurses and support staff signed a memorandum to MEC for Health Sibongile Manana on Wednesday warning that further delays in providing nevirapine were […]
Total in 2001: 52(up four since 19/7) Escaping custody is practically a hobby in Mpumalanga. We keep you up to date with this increasingly popular pastime. –> [an error occurred while processing this directive]
Bongani Majola and Justin Arenstein Paranoia ran rampant in Mpuma- langa this week, with Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu and other African National Congress leaders scrambling to secure nominations ahead of the party’s provincial conference on Friday. A record five nominations are expected for the coveted chairperson’s seat, with Mahlangu facing challenges from powerful ANC Youth League, […]
Eerstehoek, Mpumalanga | Wednesday MPUMALANGA police are investigating a case of child abuse after it was reported that an 11-year-old boy had been tied to a tree on a daily basis for the past five years. Captain Sibongile Nkosi said police opened a case docket after The Star newspaper reported that the boy’s mother, Sophie […]
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/ 22 February 2002
Justin Arenstein The Israeli mastermind behind Mpumalanga’s R1,3-billion promissory note scandal has been sentenced in Switzerland to three years in jail and a R1-million fine on multiple theft and fraud charges. Moshe Regev, also known as Regenstreich, was arrested by United States marshals during a dawn raid on his luxury Las Vegas hideout two years […]
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/ 22 February 2002
Sizwe samaYende and Justin Arenstein Mpumalanga has hit the headlines repeatedly as its controversial health MEC refused to allow an NGO and doctors to provide anti-retroviral drugs for rape survivors. This week Sibongile Manana was attacked by opposition parties and civic groups for her refusal to deviate from the national government line and make nevirapine […]
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/ 15 February 2002
Bongani Majola In a document entitled Is the Revolution Safe in Your Hands? the African National Congress Youth League has fiercely attacked the party’s Mpumulanga leadership and the national ANC’s management of party affairs in the province. The document, penned on the eve of the Mpumalanga provincial congress, is a clear attempt to assert the […]
The remaining two men wanted in connection with the rape of a British tourist in Mpumalanga on Saturday were arrested following a shootout on Tuesday morning. Police confirmed the arrests and said the four men would appear in court ”very soon”.
Nine tourists were killed and ten others seriously injured when their luxury tour bus left the road between Piet Retief and Pongola in Mpumalanga on Wednesday, police confirmed.