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Mpumalanga shake-up was premier's prerogative 2005-01-17 18:41:08 A major parliamentary reshuffle by Mpumalanga Premier Thabang Makwetla has been deemed part of the state's mission to take the province's work forward, but officials are still tight-lipped as to the finer details of the re-arrangement. Exam cheats will pay, vows Pandor 2005-01-17 07:25:55 Education Minister Naledi Pandor has promised that Mpumalanga matric cheats will be brought to justice as soon as investigations have been completed. Guilty parties will be punished, vows Pandor 2005-01-14 16:44:25 Education Minister Naledi Pandor has warned that any staff members found to have been involved in cheating in 2004's Mpumalanga matric exams will be punished appropriately. |
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8kg of flesh cut from teenager's leg 2005-01-14 09:40:41 A Mpumalanga teenager, who had been suffering elephantiasis, has been given a new lease of life after surgeons cut eight kilogrammes of excess flesh from her leg. Mpuma matrics still waiting for their results 2005-01-14 11:14:13 More than 2 300 Mpumalanga matrics are still sitting without their exam results, after evidence of cheating prompted Umalusi to withhold the marks to investigate. Albino elephant probably knows he's different 2005-01-13 17:12:15 The albino elephant that was spotted at South Africa's Kruger National Park this week is spending lots of time rolling in the mud. Scientists haven't decided if this is his way of protecting himself from the African sun or if he simply knows that he's different and is seeking to hide his "whiteness". Blue light gangsters net R1m 2005-01-09 13:31:37 Robbers have used a flashing blue light to hoodwink a bank security official into stopping before they made off with about R1-million from an ATM in Secunda. No threat to matric exam whistle-blower 2005-01-04 10:29:51 The Mpumalanga education department says it welcomes and encourages the public to report irregularities in matric year-end exams to authorities. Teachers accused of giving exam answers 2005-01-03 07:38:09 Mpumalanga police are investigating allegations that teachers gave pupils answer sheets and wrote answers on boards during matric examinations. Mpumalanga police probe new exam fraud claims 2005-01-02 13:18:30 Allegations that school teachers gave pupils answer sheets during last year's matric examinations are being investigated by Mpumalanga police. Mpumalanga matric results withheld 2004-12-25 11:29:44 Mpumalanga's matric results are to be withheld when those of the rest of the country are announced, as allegations of examination fraud are investigated. 'Only one school involved in exam fraud' 2004-12-25 10:45:27 Only one independent school at White River was involved in alleged fraudulent activities concerning matric exams, the Mpumalanga education department has been reported as saying. Alleged matric exam fraud may delay results 2004-12-25 10:45:20 Police have seized every last examination script written by this year's Mpumalanga matrics as part of an investigation into suspected exam fraud in the province. Matric results good to go - Umalusi 2004-12-23 09:57:18 The release of the senior certificate matric results has been approved in all provinces except Mpumalanga where possible irregularities have been reported. State puts serial drunk driver on her feet 2004-12-23 11:37:27 A woman with a history of drunk-driving offences has become the second person in the country forced to hand over her car after it was declared an instrument of crime. Probe launched into matric irregularities 2004-12-23 11:45:00 Possible irregularities have been uncovered in the Mpumalanga matric examinations, which might delay the announcement of the results. Bob Marley keeps on jamming in the Lowveld 2004-12-08 12:12:14 Elvis Presley may have left the building, but legendary reggae star Bob Marley "is alive and well" in Mpumalanga. Rapist tells girls to run and not look back 2004-12-08 10:39:05 A 10-year-old Mpumalanga schoolgirl has told how she was forced to watch a man rape her friend before she was raped herself and was then told to run away fast and not look back. Tourism boss gets R1,5m golden handshake 2004-12-03 12:00:14 Mpumalanga's tourism chief, who has spent a full year on paid suspension for failing to adequately do his job, has been given R1,5-million as part of a dismissal package. Cops taken off guard duty to fight crime 2004-12-02 07:23:12 Thousands of Mpumalanga police officers guarding buildings are to be freed up to do what they spent years training for - protect and serve. Child rape is a national crisis - police 2004-12-01 08:12:14 Women and children's rights groups have slammed the South African Police Service for failing to release recent figures on child rape. Mpumalanga heist gang strikes again 2004-11-29 15:04:34 Police are on the look out for an armed gang who are suspected of robbing a Coin Security van after posing as security guards at the Putco bus depot and escaping with an undisclosed sum of money. State coffers to get major boost 2004-11-23 10:00:00 The Criminal Assets Recovery Account says the money they will receive from a fined trucking fraudster will be the largest amount ever recovered in South Africa. Suspected killer stoned to death 2004-11-16 06:55:05 A 22-year-old man was stoned to death by members of his community after they suspected him of involvement in a murder, according to Mpumalanga police. SA game reserve voted the best... again 2004-11-15 10:08:51 Singita private game reserve in Mpumalanga has - for the third time this year - been voted the best destination in the world. SuperSport to good for Dynamos 2004-11-15 02:16:47 SuperSport United have received a good confidence booster during their match against Dynamos at the Giyani Stadium. Girl escapes as cop allegedly shoots her mom 2004-11-07 16:02:53 A seven-year-old girl has apparently escaped death after a police officer allegedly shot dead her mother and then shot himself. Huge perlemoen bust at Mozambican border 2004-10-27 20:46:20 Almost two tons of frozen perlemoen have been seized at the Lebombo border post between South Africa and Mozambique. Sasol blast probe begins 2004-10-27 14:59:12 The official inquiry into the cause of the explosion at Sasol's ethylene plant in Secunda has begun in earnest. To cull or not to cull? 2004-10-21 08:48:53 Animal rights groups and conservationists have locked horns over elephant culling in the country's national parks. 'Killers ripped away my family' 2004-10-20 18:43:50 Her family's killers claim police denied them their human rights - but they had denied her family theirs, Sonia van der Merwe told the Secunda circuit court. Van der Merwe thrilled by killers' sentencing 2004-10-19 15:24:53 The sole survivor of the Van der Merwe family of Benoni, Sonia van der Merwe, says she is ecstatic about the sentences handed down to the four men who killed her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law. Melissa's mom unloads her anguish in court 2004-10-19 15:24:47 The devastating trauma left after the cold-blooded murder of their daughter has came through clearly in the Secunda High Court, where Melissa van der Merwe's mother made an emotional statement on the loss of her daughter. Men found guilty of killing Benoni family 2004-10-18 19:00:06 Four men showed no emotion when they were convicted of killing four members of the Van der Merwe family, who were found shot dead near Loskop Dam in Mpumalanga. Violent end to N4 car chase 2004-10-18 06:30:32 Two police officers have been shot and wounded during a dramatic car chase on Mpumalanga's N4 highway. Confession admissable in family murder case 2004-10-15 19:05:21 The Secunda High Court has ruled that a confession by one of the men accused of killing, robbing, kidnapping and raping members of the Van der Merwe family of Benoni can be used in evidence. Contractor in hospital after rally 'incident' 2004-10-15 08:33:20 A contract worker is in a critical condition in hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a mine security guard during a protest rally at the Sasol plant in Secunda. Media company sues Mpumalanga pair 2004-10-15 09:49:50 Former Mpumalanga premier Ndaweni Mahlangu and the province's former safety and security minister Steve Mabena, are facing a R350 000 lawsuit for alleged defamation against African Eye News Service and its editor, Justin Arenstein. Trio plead not guilty to family murders 2004-10-11 18:56:08 Three of the four men on trial for the murder of four members of a Benoni family have pleaded not guilty to all charges at the Secunda High Court. Murder accused worked for family 2004-10-11 13:13:36 The trial of four Nelspruit men arrested in connection with the murder of Franz van der Merwe and his family is expected to start in the Secunda High Court. SA to take pulse of its environment 2004-10-11 07:46:16 They may share a border, but South Africa's Kruger National Park and the copper mines around the town of Phalaborwa are worlds apart. And this ecological contrast is just one reason why a major green initiative is being launched here. Trapped Sasol worker dies on the scene 2004-10-08 14:42:02 Sasol has expressed great regret at the death of an employee at the company's coal mine in Bosjesspruit, near Secunda. Mpumalanga police swoop on illegal drug lab 2004-10-06 18:09:28 Mpumalanga police are expecting to make some arrests before the end of the week in connection with an illegal drug laboratory that was found in the farming community of Farafontein, near Machadodorp. |
