Home | South Africa in Mpumalanga have tempered electricity meters This was discovered by the power utility Eskom after it embarked on electricity meter audit in Tekwane Illegal connections were immediately cut-off after Eskom employees removed electricity transformers 90 of 118 households audited were found to have tempered with their meters But community members mobilized and attacked Eskom employees “We are not saying Eskom cannot come and do their auditing We are saying not everyone can afford the electricity so them coming here there should be protocol they must involve the community and say this is how it’s going to go Not them coming here and disposing everything So now we have an issue where everyone whether you are buying or not buying you are affected.” “We are very angry about this happening here because we don’t have electricity but they don’t know how to buy electricity Energy experts have warned that if people continue with illegal electricity connections it poses a threat to the already overstretched power grid Senzo Nyundu has confirmed that many consumers buy electricity tokens from unauthorised vendors SAPS members will continue to monitor developments in Tekwane South “Police were attacked while they were working with Eskom offering protection and no one has been arrested so far But the police are still at Tekwane south monitoring the situation,” says Col Jabu Ndubane The audit will be extended to other areas to root out those who steal from the power utility Five men appeared in the KaNyamazane Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a tavern shooting in Tekwane South Mpumalanga News reports that Bongani Sithole (28) Vusi Nkambule (45) and Muzi Mbatha (49) were remanded in custody until May 19 for a formal bail application The accused face business robbery charges following a shooting and robbery committed at a tavern in Tekwane South near KaNyamazane on Thursday at around 20:50 three men entered the tavern and bought a drink before taking a seat one of them stood up and left the premises He allegedly began firing shots indiscriminately seriously injuring four patrons,” said provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Donald Mdhluli Mdhluli said the people inside the tavern fled in panic the armed suspects allegedly stole several items belonging to an employee who was one of the victims injured in the shooting They also stole meat and alcohol before fleeing the scene,” said Mdhluli Emergency services were called to the scene and the seriously injured victims were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment and a case of business robbery was registered at the KaNyamazane Police Station Mdhluli said police investigations led to the arrest of the suspects “Three suspects were initially apprehended on Friday while the other two were nabbed at Manyeveni Two more suspects were arrested at Manyeveni in the early hours of yesterday bringing the total number of arrested suspects to five,” concluded Mdhluli Breaking news at your fingertips… Follow Caxton Network News on Facebook and join our WhatsApp channel Nuus wat saakmaak. Volg Caxton Netwerk-nuus op Facebook en sluit aan by ons WhatsApp-kanaal Read original story on www.citizen.co.za The Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport says the construction of Tekwane bridge, which collapsed during heavy storms in February 2021, is well underway and is expected to be completed in six months. The contractor begun work on site on Monday, to fix the bypass next to the bridge so that the community of Tekwane South and Ntokozweni can use it in the meantime. The department spokesperson Bongani Dhlamini says the contractor has so far started with excavations and concrete work as part of the engineer’s timeline. Dhlamini says the department is also attending to other roads in various parts of the province that were damaged by heavy rainfalls in recent weeks. Copyright © 2022Capricorn FM.All rights reserved This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page were shot and killed in Tekwane South in Mpumalanga at noon yesterday Lowvelder reports that both men were pronounced dead by medical personnel on the scene According to Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Donald Mdhluli a white Toyota Yaris was found idling near the bodies Mdhluli says the preliminary investigation has established that the vehicle belonged to one of the deceased He says the motive behind the shooting remains unknown The police are investigating two murder cases Anyone with information that may assist in apprehending the suspect(s) is urged to call Crime Stop at 08600 10111 or send information via the MySAPS app All information will be treated as confidential Read original story on www.citizen.co.za The bridge on the D2296 Road in Tekwane South was washed away by the raging water following the heavy rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Eloise earlier this year The bridge collapsed on February 5 and has since never been repaired According to the Department of Community Safety the accident that had claimed the life of one person “Preliminary reports at our disposal suggests that a bakkie with five occupants was travelling towards Tekwane South and when they approached the damaged bridge they drove straight over into the bottom of it we don’t know if the driver wasn’t aware that the bridge had collapsed,” said Moeti “Four people were rescued and rushed to hospital The fifth person could not be accounted for for the better part of Sunday night His lifeless body was only discovered on Monday morning buried underneath water and rubble,” he continued Moeti said a case of culpable homicide has been opened and the police are investigating This is not the first incident to happen here leaving one person badly injured and his vehicle beyond repair told Lowvelder Express that a service provider has already been appointed to start repairs on the bridge The former acting DG in the Office of the Premier visited the bridge and promised to work with all speed to repair the bridge “We understand what has happened here and it is important for us as officials to move with speed to assess the damage I am happy that the Department of Public Works the City of Mbombela and the Ehlanzeni District Municipality are here to help us “We must quickly present a detailed report to the executive to declare the situation or state of affairs as a disastrous one,” said Nyoni Read original story on mpumalanganews.co.za The bridge between Tekwane South and eNtokozweni leading to KaNyamazane has totally collapsed The Lowvelder and its sister papers reported early in the week that a sinkhole had developed on this bridge as a result of the heavy rainfall in the area this sinkhole has led to the bridge totally collapsing leaving motorists and pedestrians stranded First to arrive at the scene was the ward councillor who quickly alerted the police and authorities at the City of Mbombela Local Municipality “I am still in shock but relieved that no one was hurt when the bridge collapsed I am just worried about the people who own houses near the stream that separate these two townships,” said Mashaba He urged motorists and pedestrians alike to avoid using this road Earlier this week Tekwane South and eNtokozweni community members took to the streets calling for the City of Mbombela to repair the sinkhole they predicted that the hole would sink further and the bridge collapse Read original story on lowvelder.co.za Work to repair storm-damaged houses in KaNyamazane, Tekwane South and Ntokozweni is underway. This follows a week-long protest where residents took to the streets protesting against the delay in fixing their storm-damaged houses. The department of Human Settlements in Mpumalanga says meetings with contractors have yielded positive results and they have agreed on rates and payable amounts per house. Human Settlements spokesperson Freddy Ngobe says they have agreed that the damage on the various houses vary and costs allocated to each house will differ. The City of Mbombela in Mpumalanga has warned motorists using the KaNyamazane road to avoid using the makeshift bridge that was erected by the community The original bridge collapsed during the heavy rains early this month The City of Mbombela says the makeshift bridge is not safe to use. Roads, houses, and bridges were damaged after the heavy rains that wreaked havoc in the Mpumalanga Lowveld One of the busiest roads that connects Kanyamazane township and other villages had its bridge washed away forcing motorists to use an alternative route The residents of Tekwane South and Entokozweni took a decision to erect a makeshift bridge to ease the delays on the N4 One of the young people who played a role in erecting the bridge is Cayous Shabangu “We decided that we should come here and assist these people so that they can access the road although there are other people that are going to work and others are going to school The main purpose there is a high unemployment rate Then we tried to get people so that they can do something everyday.” Motorists allege that the alternative route on the N4 toll road is time-consuming “It is time efficient unlike on the N4 because sometimes you just want to come here but then the route you have to take is longer than this one Find someone to fix this place,” says one of the motorists the City of Mbombela is still planning to erect a temporary bridge “We appreciate the initiative of the community we want to appeal that precaution must be taken That stretch of the road is actually a provincial road we needed to engage with the province for the designs even of a bypass We have since received the designs of the bypass We needed to follow legislation in procuring services for such and the process has already started It is unfortunate that it had to take long but we could not jump that process,” says City of Mbombela Municipal The residents of Tekwane South feel that the municipality is dragging its feet in erecting a new bridge “That bridge is helpful because we can move in and out of the places if the people from Mbombela especially … the spokesperson is saying that the bridge is not safe … what are they doing so that it can show that they do care for the community It (the municipality) does not care for the community,” says one of the community leaders Beneficiaries of a housing project next to Tekwane South outside Mbombela in Mpumalanga are calling on government to allocate the houses More than 100 units of the more than 200 housing project were completed in 2019 The beneficiaries claim that they have been renting rooms for years now Beneficiaries of the housing project are concerned about the delay in handing over of the houses The beneficiaries say some of them have no money to pay their landlords because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic They fear that the RDP houses might be vandalised even before they receive them a father of two is one of the beneficiaries He has been renting a room for several years “We registered 8 years ago but still there is no feedback We are struggling a lot here in Tekwane South The government must help us by providing the houses because we can see the houses are there but there is no information Thulile Mavuso is unemployed and a mother of five young children A Good Samaritan had offered her a house to live with her children for free for the past four years the homeowner has now given her until the end of the month to vacate the house I don’t know where to go because I am unemployed some of my children are not attending school because of my situation.” The Local Ward Councillor Joseph Mashaba says he is also in the dark as to why the houses have not been allocated to the beneficiaries they are not even prepared to wait for water I am trying to block them but the way they are coming anything can happen at any time.” The City of Mbombela Municipality says the recent flooding in the area has contributed to the delay in handing over the houses Spokesperson for the City of Mbombela Joseph Ngala explains “The problem the people are not taking occupation of the houses currently is due to the recent disasters the pipeline that was dedicated to that new settlement was washed away but what we are doing as the government we are building a bypass in the next two to three weeks so that water goes direct to the houses It is in our interest that people take occupation of the houses before they are vandalised.” the spokesperson for the Provincial Department of Human Settlement Freddy Ngobe had this to say about the housing project “What is proving difficult now is that the water pressure is not enough to go through the water household there has been a meeting undertaken between the two institutions we are expecting a technical report that will advise on how to best deal with the problem and we are hoping that after all that is done will be able to supply the water to the houses and the people can move in because the houses are done.” the province has a 250 0000 housing backlog Fintech startup Asimilia has secured $2 million in pre-seed funding ($1 million equity and $1 million debt) to extend more loans to MSMEs hire talent and expand into new East African markets an eight-time startup founder and Norrsken Impact Accelerator while the debt round had the participation of French Public Investment Bank (Bpifrance) and GreenTec Capital Partners “Africa’s informal businesses are the backbone of its economy and we want to unlock their GDP to drive further growth and development across the continent Our focus over the last few years has been to build a solution that works and this new funding will enable us to take it into new markets and impact the lives and livelihoods of more business owners,” said Tekwane Mwendwa “MSMEs play a vital role across Africa and making it easier for them to succeed is great for the continent as a whole Tekwane and the team have built a solution that works and we are delighted to be supporting them as they 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