Town called "Scotland's Only Outpost" in South Africa with a R1 million robotics lab
Dullstroom, the Mpumalanga town known as “Scotland’s Only Outpost in Africa”, recently became home to a R1-million robotics and artificial intelligence lab at its local high school.
The Development Bank of...
Town with only eight people living in it has uncapped 75Mpbs Internet
Despite having just eight permanent residents, the small hamlet of Val in Mpumalanga offers uncapped Internet with speeds of up to 75Mbps.
Widely considered South Africa's smallest settlement, the charming, rustic Val has a...
How much more Eskom spent on its largest power station vs China
Eskom spent nearly seven times as much building its biggest and most advanced coal power station as China did constructing the world's largest coal-fired plant with similar technologies.
Eskom's Kusile power station near...
Komati renewable conversion plans in limbo
Delays in converting Eskom's decommissioned Komati coal power plant into a hybrid renewable energy facility have caused "despair and frustration" in the small Mpumalanga town, Sunday Times reports.
The publication said that many Komati residents —...
So i'm thinking of doing a road trip. I want to do it over 2 days from Friday and the total distance should be around 1000km round trip.
I am leaning towards the Limpopo and Mpumalanga. I have been to Hazyview in the past so no point going that way.
Do you have any recommendations of places to...
Hello everybody - Finally we are super excited to announce we are available in the Mpumalanga region (Witbank, Middleburg and more to come soon) via Dynamic Fibre's network. Dynamic Fibre has already passed over 1000 homes in this region and all you need to do to get connected is apply via this...
So I've always been toying with the idea of road tripping out that way.
The footage on TV and the web have always intrigued me and I'd like to get up there next winter.
I believe the heat is bearable then and hiking-activities for me anyway are best suited in cooler weather.
So I have...
An Mpumalanga traffic department official has been arrested for shooting two bystanders while chasing an illegal hawker, Beeld reported on Thursday.
The shooting took place while traffic officials were checking hawkers' licences on Wednesday afternoon, the newspaper reported.
Brigadier...
The DA and the Mpumalanga education department condemned on Friday an alleged incident of racial segregation at Hendrina Combined School, near Middelburg.
The Democratic Alliance's provincial spokesman Anthony Benadie said he was told on Thursday of a plan that would have black and white...
Eight boys have died after attending initiation schools around KwaMhlanga and Verena, Mpumalanga police said on Friday.
"An investigation has been launched and a post mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death," spokesman Colonel Leonard Hlathi said in a statement.
He said...
The DA has welcomed the decision to place the Emalahleni (Witbank) municipality in Mpumalanga under provincial administration.
"The intervention follows months of [Democratic Alliance] pressure on the provincial government to intervene, particularly in terms of the Witbank water crisis,"...
The police have allegedly shot and wounded a teenage girl during a protest in Mayflower, Mpumalanga, a spokesman said.
"The IPID [Independent Police Investigate Directorate] will be investigating the matter," said police spokesman Sergeant Gerald Sedibe.
The 16-year-old was allegedly shot...