Limpopo

The Police in Rakgoadi under Sekhukhune District on Tuesday 17 October 2023 arrested five suspects aged between 24 and 37 for dealing in dagga. It is reported that members of the Sekhukhune District Task Team spotted a white motor vehicle Volkswagen Polo parked besides the road along D4100 Road at Letebejane village in Sekhukhune District [...]

The police in Polokwane launched a search operation after a 25-year-old man was found dead in Polokwane (town) on Saturday, 14 October 2023 at about 15:30. After being called to the scene, the Police discovered a man who had been badly assaulted in what they thought to be an act of mob justice on 15 [...]

The 20-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Lebowakgomo Magistrate's Court on Monday 16 October 2023 on a charge of murder. The appearance comes after the police in Lebowakgomo apprehended the suspect after allegedly stabbing to death a 30-year-old man at a local tavern in Leshikishiki Village in the early hours of Sunday, 15 [...]

The police in Motetema have opened a case of murder and an inquest docket following the deaths of a couple at Moganyaka village outside Groblersdal in Sekhukhune District. According to the information, on Saturday 14 October 2023 in the morning at about 07:30 the police responded to a complaint of a shooting incident. Upon arrival [...]

The SAPS Limpopo Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has strongly condemned acts of vigilantism and mob-killings which are still taking place in some parts of this Province. This condemnation is emanating from the alleged assault and brutal killing of a 43-year-old man at Mabangeni Village, Homu 14b section in Giyani. The incident took place [...]

The Provincial Tracking Team and Provincial Murder and Robbery Unit made significant progress following the arrest of three suspects as well as the confiscation of firearms and other equipment. According to information received after observing a spike of serious and violent crimes in the Capricorn District, where suspects were terrorizing community members, the Provincial Team [...]

Goodness Tintswalo Mthombeni (34) was found guilty for fraud by the Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crimes court on 11 October 2023. Between October and November 2013, the accused was employed as a maintenance clerk at Lulekani Magistrates’ court and her responsibilities were to administer the payments of child maintenance. After collecting the money, she was expected [...]

The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has lauded the swift arrest of one of the suspects responsible for the carjacking and murder of a male Bolt metered taxi driver, whose lifeless body was found in Westernburg area on Monday 09 October 2023. The 17-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday 10 [...]

Two male suspects were arrested on Wednesday morning, 11 October 2023 in Seshego outside Polokwane with freshly slaughtered cattle in their possession. The suspects were caught after their vehicle, a white sedan collided with a taxi. Police were then alerted to the situation by vigilant citizens who reported the suspicious activity. The local Police' jointly [...]

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has welcomed the conviction and sentencing handed out to a serial rapist by Polokwane High Court on Monday 09 October 2023. Godlip Reason Seoka (33) received a sentence of 85 years on seven counts of rape. The court noted that [...]

The Police in Westenburg have launched a manhunt for unknown suspect responsible for murder of unknown male person on Monday, 09 October 2023. It is reported that the Police received information regarding a body of unknown male person in the morning at about 06:00 on Monday, 09 October 2023.This gruesome incident took place at the [...]

The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has reiterated the call for community members not to withdraw large amounts of cash and if they do, to be extra cautious after several incidents in which people were robbed after withdrawing large cash amounts from the bank in the province. This comes after [...]