DEFIANT Vhembe District Mayor Tsakani Fredah Nkondo has vowed to ignore the Limpopo ANC’s instruction to resign or be recalled. Nkondo confirmed to African Times that Provincial ANC secretary Reuben Madadzhe summoned her to the party’s Polokwane provincial headquarters, Frans Mohlala, and ordered her to vacate office or face the humiliation of being recalled as mayor. She said Vhembe ANC top brass, regional chairperson Tshitereke Matibe and secretary Matodzi Ralushai, also conveyed the same message, but she declined. Her move…

A prominent businessman has accused the Greater Giyani Municipality (GGM) Mayor of corruption after allegedly instructing him to inflate a transportation quotation by more than the initial quoted amount for personal use. This follows after Howard Mashaba accused GGM Mayor Thandi Zitha of corruption after she allegedly instructed him to increase the 2024 transportation quotation by R250,000. On Saturday, April 11, 2026, the ANC held a provincial rally at the Giyani Stadium in Limpopo to start the party’s councillor candidate…

The Giyani Specialized Commercial Crime Court in Limpopo has sentenced a 41-year-old pharmacist to 10 years imprisonment or pay a fine of half a million after he was convicted of 18 charges of fraud on Wednesday, 18 February 2026.  According to evidence presented to the court in Giyani, the fraudster, Tinyiko Gift Mongolele, approached Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) members in 2018 and requested their medical aid information, promising them cash-back incentives or shoes in return. He also used the…

A pharmacist who allegedly defrauded members of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) of almost R1 million by promising them Green Cross shoes will appear for the first time in the Giyani Specialised Commercial Crimes Court (SCCC) for possible pre-trial talks on Thursday, 29 May 2025. Limpopo police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba confirmed the accusations against Tinyiko Gift Mangolele, stating GEMS was defrauded of R910,000. Ledwaba further disclosed that the investigation into Mangolele’s actions is still ongoing. The Malamulele pharmacy owner…

Collins Chabane Local Municipality Mayor, Shadrack Maluleke, has strongly condemned the horrific rape of a 17-year-old girl and the brutal killing of a 20-year-old boy during a violent house robbery in Malamulele B2 on Monday morning. On Wednesday, 7 May 2025, Malamulele residents took to the streets in protest, bringing the town to a standstill as they demanded the swift arrest of the suspects responsible for this heinous crime. The mayor described the incident, where suspects allegedly tied up the…

Limpopo Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba has been accused of little more than making fruitless promises to settle the R23 million Dumela Library Project. About seven kilometres away from Mulamula-Dumela village in the west of rural Malamulele Circuit, there is a blistering source of information centre with a vivid name: Mulamula Library. This is at Mulamula-Magangeni village. The centre has been in the spotlight from the beginning of construction, as locals questioned whether it was built in the correct village. During…

Re-elected Vhembe ANC regional chairperson Tshitekere Matibe says he and his new top five officials are elated after ascending to power unopposed. Speaking to African Times hours after securing a fourth term at the elective conference currently taking place at the Kalahari Water Front in Thohoyandou, Matibe said his challenger, Simon Mavikane, dropped out of the race on the eve of the conference possibly because he realised he had no support.  The Limpopo Economic Development and Tourism MEC says he…

The proposed electronic voting (e-voting) system for future South African elections has hit turbulence even before implementation, with the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and major opposition parties shooting it down for various reasons. IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo believes that the electronic voting method for the country is a little unrealistic, at least for the time being, given the nation’s difficulties providing free internet access to its citizens. Mamabolo, who is supported by the sworn enemies UMkhonto weSizwe…

The ANC in the Vhembe region, Limpopo, has modified its road map to the highly contested elective conference and decided on the venue following weeks of delays and uncertainty about the gathering.  According to ANC Vhembe Secretary Rudzani Ludere, the conference will be held at the Kalahari Water Front at Ha-Budeli in Thohoyandou on May 3-4. He said on January 17th, the Regional Task Team (RTT) approved the new road map at its first meeting held to prepare for the…

The much anticipated ANC Vhembe regional conference appears to have been postponed indefinitely after being marred by logistical and membership verification challenges.  Party regional spokesperson Gumani Mukwevho revealed that the ANC’s elective conference, which was supposed to be held at Nando Dam Resort on March 10th, has been postponed until the party has organised its affairs. Collins Chabane Municipality senior official Simon Mavikane is challenging incumbent regional chairperson and Limpopo’s Economic Development, Environment and Tourism MEC Tshitereke Matibe, who seeks…