700 shacks demolished by Makhado municipality using an interim court order
Land occupiers say the municipality broke its 2018 promise to build them RDP houses and now it is auctioning off the land
News | 20 September 2021
Komape family wins court battle seven years after their son drowned in a pit toilet
State must provide court with reports every six months with details of steps taken to eradicate pit toilets
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 17 September 2021
Threat to journalist investigating Lottery corruption
Tebogo Sithathu’s organisation got grants totalling R9.7 million, but National Lotteries Commission won’t say what it was for
News | 30 August 2021
Parents demand more classrooms so learners can return to school full time
The rural school in Limpopo only has two brick classrooms, five mobile classrooms and a zinc sheet classroom for 353 learners
Brief | 27 August 2021
R10 million in Lottery funding for a Limpopo children’s centre didn’t go to any children
No one in the area seems to know how the money for the Tshimbupfe Drop-in Centre for destitute children was used
By Anton van Zyl and Kaizer Nengovhela
News | 19 August 2021
Taps keep running dry in Louis Trichardt
Residential areas and the town centre have been without reliable water for over a month
News | 18 August 2021
Family waits 11 hours at roadside with body of child killed in a hit-and-run
Three-year-old Mtshidzi Ngwenya was killed at a pedestrian crossing on the N1 in Limpopo at 1pm. Pathologists only came after midnight
Brief | 11 August 2021
Limpopo education department is in breach of order to get rid of school pit latrines, court hears
State’s plan is unconstitutional as pit toilets will only become a thing of the past in 2030, argues SECTION27
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 7 August 2021
Magistrates court currently convening in a car park
Labour department closed the court building after contractor failed to complete refurbishments
Brief | 6 August 2021