A six-year-old boy has died after flash floods overwhelmed his family’s shack on a farm in Limpopo, in the northern part of South Africa, and swept him away. His desperate parents survived by jumping on top of the roof and watching in dismay as the boy disappeared. Provincial police say the tragic incident happened at Uitenhage farm in Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, on Wednesday, February 19, but the boy’s body was recovered today. “A couple, together with their child, were in…

Sekhukhune United’s versatile player Shaun Mogaila made a sensational return to the Betway Premiership last night, four months after he was charged with culpable homicide, reckless and negligent driving.  The 29-year-old right-wing player played for 90 minutes and registered an assist on Andy Boyeli’s first goal, helping Ba Bina Noko clinch a convincing 4-2 victory against the Kwazulu Natal outfit Amazulu at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Wednesday, February 19.  In November 2024, the Thembisa Magistrate’s Court…

African National Congress (ANC) Limpopo spokesperson Jimmy Machaka has taken Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) Dr David “Che” Selane to task over his claims that party members were a bunch of academic fraudsters. Machaka says the former provincial ANC Youth League secretary’s (ANCYL) claims were not only damaging to the governing party’s reputation, but also “reckless, malicious, baseless”. This is the latest salvo in a longstanding political rivalry and bad blood between Machaka and Selane dating back to their stints…

The Limpopo Police’s Vala Umgodi Task Team arrested four foreign nationals following the discovery of an illegal gold processing laboratory in Tzaneen on Saturday. They nabbed three Zimbabweans and a Mozambican when they raided a plot along the R71 near Tarentaalrand, Mopani District, in the northern part of South Africa. Zimbabweans John Vondo (39), Hardlife Manjoko (35), Biggie Chimwero (36) and Samuel Mashaba (46), a Mozambican national, appeared briefly before the Ritavi Magistrate’s Court outside Tzaneen town, on Monday, 10…

Despite a court challenge by her brother Prince Lekukela, preparations are underway for Balobedu Queen Masalanabo Modjadji VII’s coronation in August, her office said. Africa’s first officially recognised Queen is on the verge of building a new royal palace away from the existing one at Khetlhakone Village outside Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo.  According to Queen Masalanabo’s royal council spokesperson Motlatso Moloi, the coronation will not take place in the Balobedu Royal Nation’s headquarters at Khetlhakone, but in an area which will…