Seven suspects, aged between 25 and 60, are due to appear before the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court tomorrow, Monday, 31 May 2021. The suspects are facing two counts of murder as well as attempted murder, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice after three men were reportedly assaulted near a farm at Dirkiesdorp on 09 […]
A 35-year-old man accused of murdering his girlfriend by setting her alight is expected to make his first appearance in the Standerton Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.
Mpumalanga man arrested after surviving shack fire which killed girlfriend
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A 35-year-old Mpumalanga man was scheduled to appear in absentia before the Standerton Magistrate s Court on allegations of torching his 23-year-old girlfriend to death.
The woman died in a fire in a shack that the pair was in on Monday at the Sakhile township near Standerton, Mpumalanga police spokesman Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said in a statement.
“According to information, the suspect was last seen in a shack with his girlfriend. However his family members were shocked to realise that the very same shack the two were in, was burning,” he said.
Elections in Scotland makes likely referendum on independence from UK
Robert Besser
12 May 2021, 17:12 GMT+10
Scotland s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised to move forward with a new independence referendum after the pro-independence Scottish National Party came close to winning a majority in Scottish parliament elections on May 8
With the addition of 8 seats won by the Green Party, pro-independence parties now hold 72 seats
It was also reported that voter turnout was likely to set a new record
EDINBURGH, Scotland: Scotland s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon promised to move forward with a new independence referendum after the pro-independence Scottish National Party came close to winning a majority in Scottish parliament elections on May 8.