Mpumalanga

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Promise Mabilo’s child has asthma. She is fighting for cleaner air in Mpumalanga

“Living in Emalahleni is like living in a closed bottle. It’s difficult to breathe.”

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News | 22 November 2024

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Eviction looms for victims of traditional leader’s land scam

“Christmas is coming. I don’t want to be homeless”

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News | 14 November 2024

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Gardener mauled to death by former Lottery boss’s guard dog

Stevens Mabuse, who worked for Phillemon Letwaba, was killed by a pit bull when he came home in the early hours

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News | 28 October 2024

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The health and economic costs of emissions at Kusile power plant

Eskom has an exemption to operate without flue gas desulpharization until March

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Science | 14 October 2024

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Phola residents say mining has brought misery not benefits

Community members protested at coal mining offices of Seriti over damage to homes from blasting

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Photo Essay | 7 October 2024

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Court sets aside conviction in dagga case

The magistrate had relied on a section of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act that was declared unconstitutional almost 30 years ago

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Law | 19 September 2024

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Eskom office closure in Mpumalanga leaves customers frustrated

Residents still turning up to report electricity supply problems months after Kwagga Mall customer hub closed

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Brief | 5 September 2024

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In this village you only get tap water on Fridays

An Mpumalanga municipality says it has a shortfall of nearly 60-million litres of water per day.

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News | 21 August 2024

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Mpumalanga village has had no police station since two cops were killed there in 2002

The safety of our members is also important, says SAPS spokesperson

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News | 20 August 2024

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Mpumalanga traditional leader sold plots on land he didn’t own

Court orders eviction at the request of Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

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News | 19 July 2024

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New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards “at risk”

Experts alarmed by government move to drop statutory requirements for some developments in the park

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News | 31 May 2024

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Coal mine accused of making “manifestly scurrilous” allegations against opponents

A coalition against mining in the Mabola Protected Environment want “scandalous” and “irrelevant” claims struck from court record

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News | 8 May 2024

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Families to leave ancestral lands as coal mine expands

Land Claims Court orders Mpumalanga mine to build them permanent houses

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News | 3 May 2024

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Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court

Uthaka Energy persists with plans for a colliery in Mabola Protected Environment despite six court judgments

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News | 30 April 2024

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Agricultural hubs create work and hope for hundreds

But Industrial Development Corporation funding for the project in KwaZulu-Natal is coming to an end

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News | 24 April 2024

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Mpumalanga villagers trek 3km for drinking water

People in Tweefontein Extension N say piped water has been promised since 2017

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Brief | 23 April 2024