148MW solar power farm goes online in Limpopo
The Bolobedu Solar Farm, located in rural north-east Limpopo, has been commissioned and has successfully fed the first of its green electricity into the national grid.
However, while the solar farm has an installed capacity of 148MW, it will only...
South African suburb without electricity for 13 years
Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined his department's plans to bring power to the community of Zebediela Moletlane in Limpopo after more than 13 years.
Responding to parliamentary questions from ANC MP Mogodu...
Early 2026 floods classified as national disaster
South Africa has classified deadly floods across parts of the country as a national disaster.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds, lightning and flooding have resulted in loss of life, significant damage to infrastructure and property, environmental...
Limpopo's only serviceable air force helicopter rescues 18 at flooded restort
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was forced to use a helicopter that had stood idle for two years to rescue 18 people at a safari lodge near Phalaborwa in Limpopo, Rapport reports.
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Spaza Eats taking on Uber and Mr D in townships
A South African on-demand food and goods delivery service operating in townships has amassed tens of thousands of customers in about a year, Sunday Times reports.
The service — Spaza Eats — was created by Analytics X founder Talifhani Banks, a...
So i'm thinking of doing a road trip. I want to do it over 2 days from Friday and the total distance should be around 1000km round trip.
I am leaning towards the Limpopo and Mpumalanga. I have been to Hazyview in the past so no point going that way.
Do you have any recommendations of places to...
Hi all,
I am hoping someone in the logistics industry will be able to help me. I need to find diesel depots at various locations in Gauteng, North West and Limpopo but because most of South Africa hasn't discovered the internet searching online isn't working out too well for me!
We deploy...
So I've always been toying with the idea of road tripping out that way.
The footage on TV and the web have always intrigued me and I'd like to get up there next winter.
I believe the heat is bearable then and hiking-activities for me anyway are best suited in cooler weather.
So I have...
South Africa’s new lithium-ion battery precursor plant
The University of Limpopo and the Department of Science and Technology have launched a manganese beneficiation plant in Mpumalanga.
Limpopo deputy speaker exonerated over R100,000 porn phone bill
Deputy Speaker of the Limpopo Legislature Lehlogonolo Masoga says the Public Protector has found that allegations relating to his misuse of an official cellphone to rack up more than R100 000 from watching pornographic material...
Limpopo airport company crippled by maladministration
The Limpopo legislature’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts heard on Thursday how maladministration was crippling the provincial airport company.
Was listening to radio this morning.
There was a lawyer (in Limpopo) I think, who handled the estate of a elderly married couple, and the husband died.
This lawyer was also a director at a company (but can't remember the name of the company now), and the deceased husband had 2000 shares in...
President Jacob Zuma should get involved in the Limpopo textbook shortage crisis, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday.
DA spokeswoman Desiree van der Walt said she had written to Zuma, requesting his intervention.
"President Zuma must show his seriousness about our children's education...
Johannesburg - A Limpopo mayor who presides over one of the worst-performing municipalities countrywide has spent thousands of rand of taxpayers’ money attending a private political meeting, saying the ANC had given her the “mandate”.
Mayor Ivy Phaahla, of the Lepelle-Nkumpi municipality...
A total of 31 people have been arrested for alleged rhino poaching in Limpopo this year, provincial police said on Tuesday.
Colonel Ronel Otto said that during the arrests police seized 11 rifles, 128 rounds of ammunition, and several knives and axes.
Four rhino horns and two elephant...
A man has been killed by a hippo near a dam at Inkwazi Farm in the Modjadjiskloof area in Limpopo, it was reported on Thursday.
Farmworker Colman Rahlaga, 35, was believed to have been walking alone near the dam around 2am on Sunday when he was attacked, Warrant Officer Kamedi Seshoka told...
Tenders reportedly worth R900 million, awarded to allies of expelled ANCYL president Julius Malema, will be re-advertised, the Limpopo department of human settlements said on Wednesday.
The department had been advised, rather than ordered, to re-advertise the contracts for the construction of...
The basic education department is in breach of a court order regarding textbook delivery, civil rights group Section27 said on Thursday.
In April the group visited 19 schools in Limpopo. Of these, nine reported significant shortages of CAPS textbooks for Grade one to six and 10 to 11, it said...
The first school term is over and some schools have not yet received textbooks, according to a report on Wednesday.
Limpopo and the Eastern Cape were the most affected, The Star reported.
SA Democratic Teachers Association (Sadtu) spokeswoman Nomusa Cembi said the union had been receiving...
A Limpopo pharmacist has been fired for making a racist remark to a colleague, the Sowetan reported on Wednesday.
Stuart Muller was found guilty and fired from the Clinix Private Hospital last Tuesday, the same day he insulted colleague Emmanuel Mokati.
Hospital manager Marinda Bouwer said...