Highveld Chronicle Issue 375

25 199 young Mpumalanga voters register ahead of local government elections

25 199 voters under 21 registered during the IEC weekend, incl. 2 680 under-18s. The Electoral Commission also announced a zero-rated Online portal. The next registration opportunity will be 1-2 August 2026.

Bafana reach World Cup knockout stage for first time

From security guard to community champion: Mandla Kunene uses poetry to inspire change

Gogo's fall exposes municipality's service delivery woes

Gogo Esther Mdluli, 74, of Extension 6 testifies at the Pre-TLP hearing in Mhluzi on 26 June 2026. She says a fall on a dark, unpaved walkway with no streetlights left her with a knee injury, and that residents “feel like we are living on the farms.”

30 JUNE MARCH: Government, organisers agree on peaceful single provincial march

High Court jails man for rape of 93-year-old woman

Hlonipha Secondary receives classroom furniture boost

Hundreds of livestock vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease

IEC acts after voter registration controversy in Victor Khanye

Portfolio Committee welcomes MTPA's Loskop Dam report, seeks clarity on key issues

The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development and Tourism has requested additional information from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) after raising concerns over gaps in its report on Loskop Dam Nature Reserve. During an oversight visit to the reserve on Thursday, 25 June 2026, committee members said the report lacked critical information needed to properly assess one of Mpumalanga's key tourism assets. The committee has given the Department of Economic Development and Tourism and the MTPA seven days to submit written responses and an updated report.