October’s most popular stories on lowvelder.co.za

1 Gesin in rou gedompel ná motorongeluk twee eis

’n Ma is in rou gedompel nadat ’n ongeluk Sondagaand 10 Oktober die lewe van haar seun en haar oudste seun se meisie geëis het. Haar oudste seun, wat óók in die ongeluk was, word tans in die hoësorgeenheid van Mediclinic Nelspruit behandel.

2Man hit and killed by car in Riverside

When ER24 and other services arrived at the accident scene on the R40 in Riverside they found a man lying in the road. According to Russel Meiring, the spokesperson for ER24, the emergency services arrived at 07:24.

The light motor vehicle that had hit the man was parked a short distance away.

3 eBundu Lodge co-owner convicted of fraud

The owner of the well-known eBundu Lodge, Albert Sibusiso Tshabalala (42), was convicted of three counts of fraud in the Nelspruit Commercial Crimes Court on Monday October 11, and his wife was acquitted. In a statement the Mpumalanga NPA’s spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa, said Tshabalala and his wife, Ntombizodwa Katlego, had been charged, along with their company, Chuma Investments, with four counts of fraud and four counts of money laundering.

4 Man hands himself over to police after hit-and-run incident

Following a hit-and-run incident on Friday October 8, a 50-year-old man appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on October 11 on multiple charges. He allegedly hit a child with his bakkie in Mostert Street and fled the scene.

5 Video of post office poultry pluckers does the rounds on social media once again

The story first started in 2019 when a

White River resident, who wished to remain anonymous, went to the White River Post Office on October 26 to enquire about several issues regarding his mail. According to the article of 2019, the resident went on a tour through the post office and was shocked when they stumbled upon two somewhat entrepreneurial employees plucking chickens in the mail sorting room.