Family demands answers after teen drowns in mining pit
It is unclear who owns the land where the accident occurred. Police have called for assistance.
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 28 January 2026
Two more years of sewage stink for Polokwane families
Upgrades to the wastewater treatment works delayed until 2028/29 after contractors fired for poor performance
Brief | 27 January 2026
Rescuers search for two people swept away in Limpopo floods
Villages cut off by roads and bridges damaged by rainfall
By Thembi Siaga
News | 21 January 2026
Families take refuge in churches after Limpopo floods
More than 40 families displaced since 14 January
By Thembi Siaga
News | 19 January 2026
Foot-and-mouth disease hits Limpopo
Three recent outbreaks pose a threat to small-scale farmers’ livelihoods
By Thembi Siaga and Maanda Bele
Brief | 18 December 2025
R311-million and counting but this Limpopo taxi rank has never opened
Construction started in 2011 on a new taxi rank for Thohoyandou
Brief | 5 December 2025
Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages
Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait
By Thembi Siaga and Anton van Zyl
Feature | 4 December 2025
Alfred Nevhutanda used Lottery money to build a holiday mansion
The SIU did not seek a preservation order to seize the house of the former chair of the Lottery as it had been sold in 2021 to an “innocent party”
By Elmon Tshikhudo and Raymond Joseph
Brief | 2 December 2025
More than R200-million spent on unused sports stadiums
We know of at least eight stadiums that are currently serving no purpose
By GroundUp Staff and The Outlier
Charts | 28 November 2025