Limpopo – A former police officer, Thabo Moses Mokwana (42) and his cousin, Modirela Maxwell Mokwana (45) of Motsephiri Village, have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Polokwane High Court for the murder, seven years of which is for kidnapping and three years’ imprisonment for defeating the ends of justice. The court ordered the sentences to run concurrently with the count of murder, and the effective sentence to be served is life imprisonment. The court also declared…

Limpopo – After more than three decades in uniform, first in boots as a police student, later in blues as an officer, Colonel Kgadiswana Samuel Mnisi, the Limpopo Provincial Commander in taxi violence investigations, drew the final curtain to bow out of stage of performing crime fighting duties as a member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) yesterday. On exiting school in 1986, Mnisi enlisted in the RSA police. Little did he know he was on a journey that…

Limpopo – A 31-year-old South African man and a 28-year-old Zimbabwean national, who is in the country illegally, are expected to appear before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today after being found in possession of illicit cigarettes and in contravention of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002. According to the Spokesperson for the SAPS in the Limpopo Province Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba members of the Limpopo Tracking Team, Provincial Intervention Unit (PIU) and Tshimollo Security and Investigation acted on the intelligence about…

Musina – A 24-year-old woman from Musina has appeared in the Musina Magistrates’ Court this afternoon facing a charge of rape of a 13-year-old boy, a Cameroonian national. The court heard that on Friday, the 22nd of August 2025, at the Roman Catholic Church shelter, the accused called the victim while he was walking past the shelter. The boy innocently went to the accused and found her lying on the ground naked. She started fondling the boy’s genitals until erection…

NEBO – A 38-year-old man, Themba Makweng Mogoru from Mochadi village in the Glen Cowie area, has appeared in the Nebo Magistrates’ Court this afternoon for allegedly killing his 79-year-old mother, contravening the protection order and defeating the ends of justice. The court heard that on the 19th of August 2025, the deceased, Johanna Nalane Mogoru (79), had obtained a protection order to prohibit her son from assaulting, threatening to kill and entering her home. On the same day, the…

Marble Hall – A 31-year-old man of Leeuwfontein was denied bail by the Marble Hall Magistrates’ Court today for allegedly stabbing pregnant girlfriend to death. The court heard that on the 19th of August 2025, Happy Thabo Aphane stabbed his 23-year-old girlfriend who was four months pregnant several times and fled. The woman was certified dead at the scene of crime. Her lifeless body was discovered by the passerby who then called the police. The accused who was in hiding…

Limpopo – The Police in Thohoyandou have launched a massive manhunt after an inmate, Gumani Muluvhu (34) escaped from lawful custody on Monday 25 August 2025 at around 08:50. According to the Limpopo Police Spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, the suspect was initially arrested for Robbery using a weapon. “Preliminary reports suggest that the police were transporting thirteen inmates to the Thohoyandou Magistrate court. When the police vehicle stopped at the robot, Muluvhu allegedly forced the police vehicle door open, and…

Mokgophong – Limpopo police, Sergeant Nyiko William Lelaka who died on the R101 road with eight inmates when the police vehicle he was operating to the Naboomspruit Magistrate Court collided with a truck was buried on Saturday at Mookgopong, in the Waterberg District. In her tribute, the Limpopo Police Commissioner, Lt-Gen Thembu Hadebe described Sergeant Lelaka as a man whose badge bore witness to integrity, whose uniform carried the weight of justice, and whose heart beat in service to others…

POLOKWANE – A serial rapist, Sipho Justice Machete (41) of Mopani was sentenced to a life imprisonment by the Polokwane High Court today for multiple counts of rape, robbery and assault with an intent to cause bodily harm. The court heard that accused Machete started a reign of terror against vulnerable women and children in the Tzaneen, Modjadjiskloof, and Bolebedu areas in the Mopani District between the year 2005 and 2019. Machete’s victims were women and children with ages ranging…

Thohoyandou – A 37-year-old self-proclaimed prophet, Innocent Muritho, was denied bail by the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court today for allegedly raping a minor girl aged 14 in the church’s office. Muritho, whose real name is Phathutshedzo Sikhubu, committed an offence while out on bail. The court heard that on July 9, 2025, the self-proclaimed prophet Muritho called the teenager to meet him at the church building located in Sibasa town. On her arrival, she was called into the prophet’s office, where…