An 18-year-old girl was raped in Moutse West, outside Dennilton, on youth day, Mpumalanga police said.

Nelspruit Medi-Clinic will reportedly appeal against a decision that it was liable for damages suffered by a man who was admitted in hospital with malaria.

Bushbuckridge - Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza abandoned a door-to-door fact-finding mission in Bushbuckridge municipality on Friday to avoid a confrontation between residents and the police, his office said.

Mpumalanga premier David "DD" Mabuza and his entourage were chased away when they visited a ward in Bushbuckridge.

Mpumalanga police have been accused of idly standing by while a crowd of people dragged off pigs and carcasses after a crash.

Residents in Nelspruit have raised more than R300 000 to challenge the changing of the town's name to Mbombela.

The DA called for the investigation of five Govan Mbeki municipal officials due to appear in court this week on charges of assault.

The national and Mpumalanga health departments are being sued for R10.7m after a boy's botched circumcision.

The Mpumalanga branch of the SACP has questioned the police's integrity when probing politically motivated killings.

Three people were killed when a SA Police Service tactical response vehicle collided with a taxi on the N2 in Piet Retief.

Johannesburg - The recent deaths of initiates in Mpumalanga and Limpopo are unacceptable, the Centre for Child Law (CCL) said on Friday.

More than 40 000 people had been circumcised in Mpumalanga in the past 12 months, health MEC Candith Mashego-Dlamini said.

Unscrupulous people are abusing the traditional ritual of circumcision to earn quick money, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said.

The deaths of dozens of boys at initiation schools was akin to tenderpreneurship gone wrong, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.

The office of King Mabhoko III of the Ndebele has blamed the deaths of 28 initiates in Mpumalanga on witchcraft.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that a doctor was negligent during the treatment of accident victim Doreen Topham.

The SAHRC said it was saddened by the rising death toll of initiates in Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

Inexperienced and bogus traditional surgeons are using a single razor blade to circumcise several initiates.

Kruger National Park ranger Andrew Desmet is still in the ICU after being shot during an operation to catch suspected poachers.

R24 million – that’s what Sibusiso “Deebo” Mzobe, the embattled cousin of President Jacob Zuma, was paid.