The controversial former ANC Member of Parliament Boy Mamabolo has attacked former Limpopo ANC Youth League Chairperson Mathews Mabalane, saying he must “rot in hell”. Mabalane passed away on Sunday, 30 March 2025. He served as a communication officer and legal advisor to ANC NEC member Onnica Kwakwa (formerly Moloi) during her tenure as Limpopo MEC of Sports, Arts and culture, passed away on Sunday, 30 March 2025. Following Kwakwa’s announcement on Facebook that Malebana passed away, Mamabolo labelled it…

The ANC’s Peter Mokaba region in Limpopo is set to be postponed after some branches failed to hold their branch general meetings (BGM) to nominate conference delegates.  The regional conference, scheduled for April 25-27, was billed to elect a new leadership that would lead the party’s 2026 Local Government Elections campaign.  The ANC’s regional task team (RTT) spokesman Adolph Rapetswa confirmed to African Times that the conference is likely to experience another delay, due to BGMs extensions.  “The regional leadership is…

Limpopo African National Congress (ANC) Secretary Reuben Madazhe faces a corruption case after he accepted a luxury car bought by a private company that later won a R15 million state contract.  In January 2023, Chobedi Construction, owned by businessman Dr Moloto Mokwele, purchased the R1.6 million BMW X5 in which Madadzhe cruises. Madadzhe is the administrative head of South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, in the country’s northern region of Limpopo. The vehicle was later registered under Limpopo ANC, but Chobedi…

Rampant criminals have escalated their attacks on rural clinics in Limpopo, as another incident at a far-flung facility leaves two nurses injured. This after two armed men invaded the Mashamba Clinic outside Thohoyandou, pretending to be bringing a patient.  It is reported that two attackers approached the facility in the Vhembe District on Saturday night, 15 March 2025, under the pretence of bringing in a patient in order to gain access.  While the female security officer was trying to open…

A former police officer has been convicted and sentenced to 15-years direct imprisonment by the Mokopane’s Regional Court in Limpopo.  According to Limpopo Police Spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, Sergeant Nierush Seanego (39), formerly attached to Mahwelereng Visible Policing, has been slapped with a hefty long-term incarceration after being found guilty of robbing a motorist, while in a marked police vehicle along the N1 road.  “The conviction stems from an incident in February 2023, when the complainant was stopped near Nyl…

The Balobedu Traditional leaders, backing Prince Lekukela Hex Modjadji, have marched against the recognition of Queen Masalanabo by the government, as the next heir to the Modjadji dynasty. They took their displeasure to the Union Buildings in the capital Pretoria on Thursday, March 13 as Prince Lekukela filed court papers to challenge the South African government’s decision. Last year December, President Cyril Ramaphosa officially recognised Queen Masanalabo as a legitimate successor to her mother Makobo Modjadi VI, who died in…

Malawi’s chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe, Madalitso Chimwaza, has ordered that fugitives prophet Bushiri and his wife, Mary, be extradited to South Africa. There, they face charges of fraud, money laundering, and other crimes. The controversial couple mysteriously fled the country after skipping bail in 2020, facing charges of money laundering to the tune of R102 million, fraud and contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. The prophet and his wife were later located in their country of…

Three employees of construction company, Hillary Construction, have been criminally charged for allegedly defrauding the civil engineering giant of over R12 million.  Given Victor Mathebula (31), Simnikiwe Ndinisa (48), and Demala Ndou (41) allegedly generated fraudulent invoices to order equipment worth millions for their personal benefits in Westenburg township, just outside Polokwane, in Limpopo.  The suspects, which include a 48-year-old woman and two men, were arrested on separate occasions between Saturday, 1st and Monday, 3rd March 2025, by the Limpopo’s…

Mphaphuli Consulting’s efforts to prevent the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) from recovering R76 million from a Limpopo municipality overpaid for electricity services have been dealt a severe blow.   The Constitutional Court has refused the engineering company direct access to apply for the reviewing and setting aside of the SIU report, which found Mphaphuli Consulting had overcharged the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality when it electrified Sekhukhune villages in 2013 as part of a transversal contract. The Apex Court’s ruling essentially prevents…

ActionSA’s quest to bring smaller parties with public representation under one roof ahead of the 2026 Local Government Election, is gaining momentum. Party leader Herman Mashaba has announced that several regional parties and individual councillors have joined the alliance in Limpopo, known as the “Green Umbrella”.  He said three regional parties with a total of five councillors, the Capricorn Independent Community Activists Forum (CICAF) with two councillors in Polokwane, the Magoshi Swaranang Movement, with three councillors in Polokwane and Lepelle…