Articles for Thembi Siaga

Limpopo villagers protest over “one-nurse clinic”

The department has now temporarily closed Valdezia clinic

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Brief | 30 January 2025

Vhembe’s farmers suffer as roads deteriorate

Farmers say their livelihoods are threatened by poor road maintenance

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Brief | 30 January 2025

Missing pumps, broken pipes: Limpopo villagers’ constant fight for water

Tshakhuma families used their own money to connect to the water supply, but it’s still not working

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Brief | 30 January 2025

New school for blind learners delayed

The school is one of only six in Limpopo catering to visually impaired and blind learners

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News | 23 January 2025

R20-million water project fails to quench Limpopo villagers’ thirst

Households now rely on a single diesel-powered borehole or have to buy water

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News | 19 December 2024

Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic

Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours

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News | 18 December 2024

New hospital for Elim at last

But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling

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News | 5 December 2024

Once-abandoned Vleifontein Library nearing completion at last

Construction on the R16-million facility began in September 2022

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Brief | 21 November 2024

Learners pay R150 to fill water tanks at overcrowded, dilapidated Limpopo school

There are two boreholes at Kutsakeni Primary, but staff say they dried up in 2021

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Brief | 14 November 2024

X-ray machine conks out at Limpopo hospital

Elim Hospital also faces persistent water shortage

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News | 7 November 2024

Limpopo water crisis delays R37-million stadium

Vhembe stadium still unfinished a year after completion was scheduled

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News | 31 October 2024

Parents threaten to shut down crumbling Limpopo school

The School Governing Body has been battling since 2011 to get the buildings fixed

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News | 31 October 2024

Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle

State vet warns that livestock wandering into the park pose significant disease threat

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News | 14 October 2024

The Limpopo government mismanaged their money. But these workers are not giving up

Premier Phophi Ramathuba promised that former employees of the Great North Transport bus company would start receiving their unpaid pensions this week

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News | 10 October 2024

Vhutshilo Mountain School offers lifeline to AIDS orphans

Limpopo school has been going strong for nearly 20 years

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News | 10 October 2024

Municipality demands contractor pay for delays to Limpopo stadium

Construction started in August 2023 and nearly half the work has still not been done

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News | 26 September 2024