Residents of Marite outside Hazyview in Mpumalanga are still shocked after an 87-year-old man allegedly shot and injured his 15-year-old grandson for blocking his driveway with a brick. Locals say Ambros Mlimi got incensed after Sheppard Ngwenya and his friends blocked his driveway with bricks while playing in the street. He pulled out his firearm… Continue reading 87-Year-Old Man in Custody For ‘Shooting’ His Grandson
Disgraced Former Mpumalanga Education HOD Finds Safe Haven in Limpopo
Disgraced former Mpumalanga head of the Department of Education, Mahlasedi Mhlabane, has found a safe haven in Limpopo after being suspended for awarding tenders irregularly and lying about the delivery of textbooks. Despite her track record, Mhlabane landed a cushy job as the Limpopo Department of Public Works, Roads, and Infrastructure Chief Financial Officer (CFO). … Continue reading Disgraced Former Mpumalanga Education HOD Finds Safe Haven in Limpopo
Mozambique Airline Expands Regional Reach With New Routes
Mozambique’s flagship airline carrier, Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), is cementing its regional reach with the re-launching of two new routes to the country’s major tourist destinations of Vilankulo (Inhambane province) and Beira (Sofala province). “We are marking this resumption of flights with the strong aim of bringing to Vilankulo people eager to have contact… Continue reading Mozambique Airline Expands Regional Reach With New Routes
Xi Set To Address China’s Technological Achievements, Self-Reliance
BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on strengthening basic research to achieve China’s high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology will be published on Tuesday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission,… Continue reading Xi Set To Address China’s Technological Achievements, Self-Reliance
Xi Calls For Breaking New Ground in China’s High-Quality Development During Sichuan Inspection
CHENGDU, Sichuan/HANZHONG, Shaanxi, July 29 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping has called for breaking new ground in China’s high-quality development during an inspection tour in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, urged the province to write a new… Continue reading Xi Calls For Breaking New Ground in China’s High-Quality Development During Sichuan Inspection
Niger’s Coup Junta Appoints Former Economy Minister As New Prime Minister
NIAMEY, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Niger’s former economy minister, has been named as the new “prime minister” by the coup junta, Niger’s news agency ANP reported on Monday. The junta’s spokesperson announced on television late Monday night. Born in 1965 in Zinder, Lamine Zeine was minister of finance for former President Mahamadou… Continue reading Niger’s Coup Junta Appoints Former Economy Minister As New Prime Minister
Public Protector Probe Forces Mpumalanga To Pay Teacher Salaries
The Mpumalanga Department of Education has started paying contract teachers their outstanding salaries after the Public Protector launched an investigation into the matter. Two months ago, African Times exposed the department’s failure to pay the outstanding salaries of six teachers from Lamulelani High School in Marite outside Hazyview for over a year. The Public Protector’s… Continue reading Public Protector Probe Forces Mpumalanga To Pay Teacher Salaries
Limpopo Municipality Rejects Costly Car Claims
The Fetakgomo-Tubatse Local Municipality in Limpopo has rejected allegations that Executive Mayor Eddie Maila travels in official vehicles worth more than the amount allocated for municipal leaders. This week, opposition councillor Seun Mogotji, from the Bolsheviks Party SA in the Sekhukhune area, approached the Hawks unit, asking them to investigate the mayor for contravention of… Continue reading Limpopo Municipality Rejects Costly Car Claims
“Kill the Boer” Furore Exposes The Irrationality of White Fears As A Determining Factor In SA Politics
John Steenhuisen, the DA Leader, was three months old when the apartheid police massacred Hector Pieterson and other youths on June 16, 1976. His fellow DA leader, Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille, was 25 and working as a journalist at the Rand Daily Mail. Their fellow traveller Kallie Kriel, the Afriforum CEO and face of… Continue reading “Kill the Boer” Furore Exposes The Irrationality of White Fears As A Determining Factor In SA Politics
Initiates Die After Being ‘Kicked, Ordered To Stand Naked in Cold” Weather
Four initiates died after being kicked around by their caregivers and ordered to stand naked on a cold and snowy morning in Mpumalanga last month. According to an investigative report compiled for the provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and seen by African Times, the initiates were kicked until “some of them… Continue reading Initiates Die After Being ‘Kicked, Ordered To Stand Naked in Cold” Weather