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ANC strongman in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, and once illegally –appointed council speaker, Tshegofatso Ramoabi, has been suspended pending disciplinary action for bringing the party into disrepute. The suspension and pending disciplinary action follows his defiance of the party’s directives, disruptive behaviour and having frivolous and indistinct engagement with the opposition. In a letter signed by ANC […]

ANC councilor in Maruleng local municipality in Limpopo, Tshegofatso Mokgahla, is in hospital after he sustained multiple gunshot wounds in an apparent ambush on Sunday. The incident happened along the D21 road between Mahlakung Mall and Sekororo Hospital.  Mokgahla sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to hospital where he is receiving treatment. The motive […]

LIMPOPO police commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has ordered officers to use “all available means of resources” to apprehend suspects involved in the theft of 227 live chickens at a farm in Olifantspoort, Modimolle. This comes as theft of livestock – especially goats, sheep and cattle – was on the increase in the province, with […]

LIMPOPO police on Thursday made a gruesome discovery of human remains in a pit toilet at a school in Ga-Riba village, Sekhukhune district. A 45-year old man was later arrested and is expected to appear in the Praktiseer magistrate court on Monday. The discovery of the human remains, which have not yet been identified, follows […]

A serial rapist who terrorised female students at the University of Venda (Univen) in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, has been sent for life in prison by the Sibasa regional court. Victor Madia unleashed his terrifying acts between August and October 2018. He would threaten the victims with a dangerous weapon, forcefully take them to the bushes, rape […]

THABAZIMBI mayor, Tokkie Swanepoel, has indicated that the municipality was drafting representation on the intention by the Limpopo provincial cabinet to place the entity under administration. The municipality has until Friday to submit the representation against the provincial cabinet’s intended move which was informed mainly by the political instability negatively impacting on service delivery. However, […]

PROF Muxe Gessler Nkondo made a profound impact at the University of Venda (Univen) in Limpopo that a debate is now raging for the institution to be renamed after him. Nkondo passed away on Sunday aged 83. He was a vice-chancellor and principal of Univen between 1994 and 2005. The impact Nkondo had at the […]