FINANCIAL DISASTER: MOPANI WORKERS FACE SALARY CLIFF AS TREASURY FREEZES FUNDING
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has launched a blistering attack on National Treasury as the decision to withhold equitable share allocations pushes municipalities across the country into total…
PREMIER LEADS OPERATION RETSHEPENG IN SEKHUKHUNE
Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba, Major General Jan Scheepers and Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality Mayor Cllr. Masekwele Merah Mahlase. The Premier of Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, alongside the Acting Provincial Commissioner of…
MOPANI STING
Your Weekly Inside Look at the Battle for Power in Norman Mashabane Welcome to this week’s edition of Mopani Sting. If you thought local politics was quiet, think again. The…
TZANEEN’S MAAKE HELPS JUNIOR BOKS RETAIN WORLD TITLE
Tzaneen has a new world champion. Kebotile Motlotjoa Maake helped the Junior Springboks win the World Rugby U20 Championship, bringing global rugby glory to Limpopo. By: Refilwe Sebola Twenty-year-old Kebotile…
MOPANI APPOINTS NEW CFO AS NATIONAL TREASURY FREEZES R300 MILLION IN FUNDING
The Executive Mayor of the Mopani District Municipality, Councillor Pule Shayi. The Mopani District Municipality has appointed a new finance chief to fix its broken accounts and rescue the local…
TRIBAL WARS AND A ONE-WOMAN SHOW: THE DIRTY FIGHT FOR MOPANI’S MAYORAL CROWN
Mopani ANC Regional Chairperson Dagma Mamanyoha. The battle to control the Mopani District Municipality has turned nasty. Behind the closed doors of the African National Congress in the Norman Mashabane…
SOFTBALLERS PONDER REGIME CHANGE
LSA chairwoman Makgadi Moswatsi’s regime has been on shaky ground but managed to survive tumultuous storms. Limpopo Softball Association (LSA) is gearing up for what could be a history-changing Elective…
41,000 RETURN HOME BUT TRAGEDY STRIKES: LIMPOPO DRAWS LINE IN BLOOD AND STONE AGAINST ILLEGAL INITIATION SCHOOLS
Some of the Initiates who returned safely from legal Initiation schools. SHIGALO VILLAGE – The 2026 Winter Customary Initiation season in Limpopo has officially ended with a strong call for…
PREMIER RAMATHUBA LEADS MASSIVE CRIME AND IMMIGRATION RAID IN SESHEGO
The Premier of Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, led a massive law enforcement crackdown called Operation Shanela II in Greenside, Seshego, outside Polokwane. The operation comes at a time when the…
THE MOPANI STING: ACTION CAMERAS, CHOPPERS, AND THE RETURN OF THE PREMIER
Police helicopter smoking out undocumented immigrants from the sky. Welcome back to the square, good people of Mopani. If you thought the political drama in our district was a localised…