The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in Limpopo, or the Hawks, have arrested a 37-year-old suspect in connection with an alleged R45 million fraud, corruption and money-laundering investigation involving a fleet management tender awarded by the Mogalakwena Local Municipality. The suspect was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team following an extensive probe into the tender, which was advertised and awarded by the municipality in 2022. According to the Hawks, preliminary findings suggest that the procurement process was allegedly…

Limpopo politics has been thrown into crisis following explosive allegations linking Premier Phophi Ramathuba and Cooperative Governance MEC Basikop Makamu to a corruption scandal estimated at more than R1 billion at the troubled Mogalakwena Local Municipality. Documents, whistleblower accounts, and leaked internal memos seen by African Times suggest that questionable payments, inflated contracts, and political interference may have drained the municipality’s coffers—while ordinary residents continue to live with pothole-ridden roads, dry taps, and collapsing infrastructure. Whistleblowers Lift the Lid The…

A high-ranking official at the Mogalakwena Local Municipality in Limpopo is under investigation following the death of his girlfriend after an intense altercation at his house in Polokwane. According to reports, the senior manager, whose name is known to the publication, allegedly ran over his girlfriend, Ndzalama Mlondobozi, with a vehicle as she was trying to leave after a heated argument. The incident left Mlondobozi, 35, badly injured, and she later succumbed to her injuries. The tragic incident happened on…

A Limpopo woman spent three months in hospital suffering from diarrhoea after drinking dirty water shared with animals in the Waterberg district. The residents of Diretsaneng, Lesedi Motlana, Bakenburg, and Raseletse are amongst the villages in Mogalakwena Local Municipality which are still struggling to access basic necessities such as clean water. They continue to consume murky water from the spring wells shared with animals – more than 30 years since South Africa’s democratic dispensation. Most of these villagers, which are…