Court Imposes 25-Year Jail Term for Multiple Rapes and Violent Offences

Court Imposes 25-Year Jail Term for Multiple Rapes and Violent Offences

The Polokwane High Court has sentenced Mahlatse Tolonyane Mathote Matebane, a 32-year-old man from Manapyane Village, to an effective 25 years of direct imprisonment...
Mashashane Primary in Ga-Mashashane, Limpopo, still has several pit toilets. Photos and video: Liezl Human

Filthy, broken toilets and teachers urinating behind bushes: a GroundUp investigation...

More than ten years after the death of Michael Komape in a pit toilet prompted promises to fix toilets in schools, several schools...
Vyeboom Clinic has been without running water for nearly two years, leaving staff and patients to fetch water from home and use pit toilets. Photo: Thembi Siaga

No water for two years as R200-million project remains incomplete

At least seven villages and Vyeboom Clinic near Vuwani, Limpopo, have been without running water for nearly two years. The borehole has...
The soccer pitch at the Vhuilafuri Stadium in Madabani, west of Louis Trichardt, cannot be used as the grass has not grown sufficiently due to a shortage of water. Photo: Thembi Siaga

No soccer at new R37-million Limpopo stadium

The two-year-delayed R37-million Vhuilafuri Stadium in Madabani, west of Louis Trichardt, has at last been handed over to the community. But it cannot be...
Former and current Great North Transport employees have been having sit-ins and night vigils outside the Limpopo Premier’s Office since 15 October, demanding pension and provident fund payments. Photo: Thembi Siaga

Limpopo transport workers camp outside Premier’s office to demand unpaid pensions

Hundreds of Great North Transport (GNT) employees have been camping outside the Limpopo Premier’s Office since 15 October demanding unpaid pension benefits. GNT...
Police Nab Two for Copper Cable Theft

Police Nab Two for Copper Cable Theft

A coordinated intelligence-driven operation led to the arrest of two male suspects in Tsantsabela village on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, for the alleged possession...
Police in Sebayeng Search for Mother After Newborn Baby Abandoned Near Brick Yard

Police in Sebayeng Search for Mother After Newborn Baby Abandoned Near...

Authorities in Sebayeng have launched an urgent search for a woman who allegedly gave birth and then abandoned her newborn baby girl near a...
Police Arrest 25-Year-Old Woman for Unlicensed Firearm

Police Arrest 25-Year-Old Woman for Unlicensed Firearm

A 25-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday evening, 28 October 2025, for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition following a joint intelligence-driven...
Culpable Homicide Case Opened After Toddler Dies in Locked Car at Seshego Hospital

Culpable Homicide Case Opened After Toddler Dies in Locked Car at...

A culpable homicide investigation is underway following the tragic death of a three-year-old girl who was found locked inside a vehicle at Seshego Hospital...
Body of Unidentified Man Found on a Public Road

Body of Unidentified Man Found on a Public Road

The Matlala Police have opened an investigation into the mysterious death of an unidentified man whose body was discovered on the side of a...
Emerging Farmers in Limpopo Appeal for Concrete Support Ahead of G20 Summit

Emerging Farmers in Limpopo Appeal for Concrete Support Ahead of G20...

As South Africa prepares to host the G20 Leaders' Summit in November 2025, emerging farmers in Limpopo are calling for the global community to...
Devastating Fire Destroys Critical Grazing Land, Threatening Livelihoods in Niani

Devastating Fire Destroys Critical Grazing Land, Threatening Livelihoods in Niani

A severe fire has ravaged a vital grazing camp in the Niani area outside Musina, leaving subsistence livestock farmers facing an uncertain future and...