During its elective conference, the ANC in Vhembe region resolved to support Limpopo provincial secretary Ruben Madadzhe for a second term in the upcoming provincial conference. Vhembe, which is the party’s biggest region in the province, elected new leadership over the weekend, to lead the regional ANC for the next three years and spearhead the campaigns for the 2026 local government elections. Even though nominations for the 11th ANC provincial elective conference are not open, the region has set up…

Congratulations poured in for the two prominent ANC members who graduated with PhD degrees in Administration during the autumn graduations at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. An ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) member, Speaker of the Limpopo Legislature, Makoma Makhurupetje and Polly Boshielo, the Deputy Minister of Police and ANC national executive committee (NEC) member, were amongst the students who received their degrees in Doctor of Philosophy during the graduation ceremony on Saturday, 12 April 2025.  The delightful PhD…

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…

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 Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) in Limpopo says it’s all systems go for the by-election in the Thabazimbi Local Municipality on Wednesday, 4 December 2024. The Provincial Electoral Officer, Nkaro Mateta, says the commission is ready to receive the over 51,000 registered voters expected to cast their ballots. Addressing the media on Saturday, she reiterated that 21 political parties and five independent candidates will compete for control of the troubled council in the Waterberg region.  The Umkhonto…

The leader of Economic Freedom Fighters in Limpopo, Lawrence Mapoulo, has accused Premier Phophi Ramathuba and Legislature Speaker Makoma Makhurupetje of tribalism and nepotism, alleging they only hire Vhavenda and Balobedu in their offices at the expense of Bapedi and Vatsonga-speaking people. Mapoulo addressed his party members during a service delivery march outside the Office of the Premier on Wednesday, November 13. In a video circulating on social media, Mapoulo is heard pointing accusing fingers at Ramathuba and Makhurupetje. Tribalism…

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in Limpopo has dismissed provincial ANC chairperson Stanley Mathabatha’s statement that the alliance partners in the province have kissed and made up. In preparation for the upcoming much-anticipated 2024 elections, the Mathabatha-led ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) agreed last week to set aside their differences and work together with Cosatu and the South African Communist Party (SACP) to keep the party in power. However, Cosatu resolved to take Mathabatha on by marching…

The African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo has retained a municipal ward up for grabs in a bi-election to replace a councillor who died in June, sparking jubilation among the party’s faithful. In September, the Blouberg Ward 11 bi-elections had three candidates: Mokgadi Jennet Molokomme, representing the ANC, Mamoloko Jacoline Mokakabi, representing the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), and Ntshabeng Ingrid Rakimane, representing the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Because the percentage of voters who participated in the municipal elections for…

A political realignment appears to be taking place within the Limpopo ANC, with speculation that Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has switched political allegiance after a fallout with Premier Stan Mathabatha.  According to two sources in the province – one a unionist and another a provincial ANC leader – Ramathuba has joined a camp led by provincial secretary Reuben Madadzhe, which has complicated her political relationship with Mathabatha’s dominant faction in the province.  It is believed that ANC leaders, members and…