Premier David Mabuza is expected to meet soon with stakeholders, including the department of water affairs, the Bushbuckridge Water Board and Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency, to discuss a way forward, said his spokesman, Zibonelo Mncwango on Tuesday. “The meeting concerning the issues has not yet taken place, but I believe that it will be held [...]
May 3, 2012
Gang rape trauma drives woman to suicide
The trauma of being gang raped and subsequently infected with HIV has led a 28 year old mother of two to take her own life. The victim’s Mother’s Thoko Nxumalo recalled her daughter’s suffering after she was attacked while she was sleeping alone at home on 23 March. “Rethabile was alone in the house when [...]
April 26, 2012
Bow down to the chief
The chairperson of public works, roads and transport, community safety security and liaison J.L Mahlanga presented the first traditional courts Bill to the people of Bushbuckridge on the 18th of April at the Mapulaneng Multi-purpose centre. The presentation of the Bill was attended by the royal families of Bushbuckridge including the Mathibela, Mnisi, Malele, Mokoena, [...]
April 26, 2012
Bushbuckridge heroine honoured
Cork Trust: While President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was celebrating his 70th birthday, Mvuyazi Primary School was having its own celebration party. Singing, dancing, ululating and hand clapping were the order of the day. They were unveiling a plaque erected in dedication to the founder of the first school in this village, Mrs Elsie Mvuyazi Ndlovu. [...]
April 26, 2012
Education to focus on Bushbuckridge
The MEC of department of education in Mpumalanga Reginah Mhaule said most of the schools in Bohlabela district under Bushbuckridge municipality are currently experiencing overcrowding due to a shortage of classrooms, while some of these schools need renovations, improvement of sanitation systems and the fixing of storm damaged structures while other areas require completely new [...]
April 4, 2012
Deliver or resign, says PAC.
The Pan African Congress (PAC) in Bushbuckridge has demanded the resignation of BLM management if they cannot serve the people of Bushbuckridge. PAC said this after the Bushbuckridge water board cut off water supply to Bushbuckridge town and its surrounding areas including the Mapulaneng hospital. According to the PAC spokesperson in Bushbuckridge Jeffrey Mdluli, the [...]
April 4, 2012
Fire corrupt Acornhoek police.
On 23 March the Bushbuckridge Residence Association (BRA) with members of the community held a peaceful march from the Acornhoek soccer field to the Acornhoek police station. They were going to hand over a memorandum to the MEC of community safety, security and liaison Vusi Shongwe.The memorandum demanded that the MEC take action against the [...]
March 13, 2012
Home Affairs intensifies fight against fraud, corruptionThe
Home Affairs intensifies fight against fraud, corruptionThe Department of Home Affairs has stepped up efforts to fight fraud and corruption among its employees with the installation of integrated electronic security systems in 47of its offices. Home Affairs Deputy Minister Fatima Chohan said this was part of the department’s commitment to push back the frontiers of [...]
March 13, 2012
A 22-year-old man accused of raping a pensioner 50 years older than him has been remanded in custody for the third time.
The suspect, from Calcutta village outside Hazyview, Mpumalanga, was not asked to plead to a charge of rape when he appeared in the Calcutta magistrate’s court on Monday. He was remanded in custody until April 12 for formal bail application. The man was arrested on the night of February 11 after community members attacked him [...]
March 6, 2012
Residents of Bushbuckridge, have been urged to stop burying their dead relatives at home because it might hamper future development.
Residents of Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, have been urged to stop burying their dead relatives at home because it might hamper future development. Chief Lameck Mokoena of the Mathibela Tribal Authority in Marite village said burying the dead in residential areas was a serious problem in Bushbuckridge and surrounding rural areas. “The government and tribal authorities have [...]
March 6, 2012
Sugar Daddy is the biological Father
A school teacher got into a romantic relationship with his pupil under the roof of the school except in this case, it turned out that the teacher /sugar daddy is in fact the biological father of the pupil he was exploiting and now they have a son together. Nomsa* (not real name) gave birth to [...]
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