Seven lives lost on Mpumalanga roads since Thursday

[File Image]| Parts of a vehicle seen at an accident scene. At least seven fatalities have been recorded in Mpumalanga following different crashes, since Thursday. Three of them, a woman and two children who were pedestrians, were hit by a vehicle on the N4 toll near Belfast, on Friday. Safety, Security, and Liaison spokesperson Moeti…

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Calls for accountability over NSFAS dead students’ payments

NSFAS cup and cap Deputy Higher Education Minister Nomusa Dube-Ncube says those behind National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s (NSFAS) funding of over 800 deceased students must be arrested. Dube-Ncube was responding to findings in the Auditor-General’s 2024/25 report that NSFAS made payments to students who according to Home Affairs records were deceased. [LISTEN] ANCY L…

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10 arrested in Free State fraud bust

Odendaalsrus fraud suspects have been arrested for a bank loan scam A multi-police task team has arrested 10 suspects, one woman and nine men, for alleged fraud in Odendaalsrus, in the Free State. This, after a 47-year-old woman applied for a bank loan using fraudulent documents. Spokesperson Palesa Thabana says police were alerted to a…

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Mafefe residents face water contaminated with asbestos crisis

Corrugated asbestos cement roofing. Community members in the Mafefe area, outside Lebowakgomo in Limpopo, are facing a serious health crisis due to asbestos contamination in local rivers and streams. The water has tested positive, according to an independent company, AssureCloud. Contamination is allegedly linked to an abandoned rehabilitation project of the old asbestos mine by…

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