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Zimbabwean man brutally murdered in Limpopo
POLICE in Seshego, outside Polokwane are investigating a case of murder after a 36-year-old Zimbabwean man was allegedly stabbed to death with a sharp object.The brutal murder happened on a st...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean escapes from SA prison
SOUTH AFRICAN police in the Waterberg district in Limpopo province have launched a manhunt for a 32-year-old Zimbabwean man who last Thursday escaped from holding cells at the Lephalale Police Station...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean serial killer slapped with eight life sentences
Zimbabwean national Themba Prince Willard Dube was found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of seven women in Seshego, Lebowakgomo and Mankweng.Dube, who is orIginally from Gwanda Mpaya villa...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born alleged serial killer says SA cops planted evidence, forced confession
Alleged serial killer Prince Willard Themba Dube told the Limpopo High Court that the contents of his two confession statements were "a mixture of lies and the truth".The statements – one ta...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Deport all foreigners en masse' Ramaphosa told
Extremist xenophobic group #PutSouthAfricaFirst has called upon South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to initiate the deportation of undocumented immigrants in the neighboring country. ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 12:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean man kills 7 women in SA
AN alleged Zimbabwean serial killer, Themba Prince Willards Dube, accused of kidnapping and murdering seven women in and around Polokwane in South Africa, abandoned his second bail application when he...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean serial killer appears in SA court
THERE were emotional scenes at the Seshego Magistrate's Court, outside Polokwane, Limpopo, on Thursday where an alleged serial killer appeared.For Kenneth Makhura and Takana Chigoyi, the sight...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe family can't bury victim of SA serial killer
The brother of one of the victims of the alleged Limpopo serial killer is frustrated and struggling to survive in South Africa since leaving his country to retrieve the body of his sister allegedly ki...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA police hold Zimbabwean serial killer in deaths of 7 women
South African police say a Zimbabwean man arrested for possession of a stolen mobile phone is in fact a serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least seven women.Themba Prince Willard D...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 18:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe, the nation's pride
ON Monday, early in the morning, Government officials set camp at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport awaiting the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines, a gift from China that c...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires duo for 'R100k' to kill own mother
TWO Zimbabwean men aged 24 and 27 have been jailed for 15 years by a Polokwane High Court in South Africa after they were hired by a local woman to kill her 53-year-old mother to settle a family dispu...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
300 Zimbabweans nabbed in Musina blitz
ABOUT 300 people believed to be Zimbabweans were on Wednesday arrested around Musina, including the Beitbridge Border Post areas, for allegedly flouting South African immigration laws, officials in So...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
SA cops intercept truck heading for Zimbabwe border with stolen goods worth millions
Limpopo police on Sunday intercepted a closed truck transporting a stolen luxury vehicle, LED TVs and several other items in Polokwane, believed to be worth millions of rand.A Zimbabwean and t...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA human trafficker denied bail
A 25-YEAR-OLD South African man who is accused of trafficking four Zimbabwean illegal immigrants to the neighbouring country was yesterday denied bail by a Polokwane magistrate and is set to stand...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:02hrs | 8 | by Staf reporter
Fake SA jobs warning: Fraudsters prey on desperate Zimbabweans
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in South Africa has warned locals to be wary of dubious characters inviting people to the neighbouring country promising them good jobs.Zimbabwe's Consul-General to ...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA man accused of trafficking 4 Zimbabwean illegal immigrants
The case in which a 25-year-old South African man is accused of trafficking four Zimbabwean illegal immigrants to the neighbouring country whom he later held hostage at his house in Polokwane city...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Human trafficker nabbed in SA
Police in the Republic of South Africa have reportedly arrested a 25-year-old South African for allegedly holding four Zimbabwean illegal immigrants hostage at Chebeng village in the Seshego area of P...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
My mum-in-law is evil!
Jerminah Leapheka claims her mother-in-law abuses her and wants her to divorce her son, Hendrick. MAKOTIS and their mothers-in-law often have strained relations.Residents of Freedom Pa...Published: 28 Oct 2016 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware varsity degrees that will leave you jobless
Polokwane - Young people should stop pursuing university degrees that would result in them joining the list of unemployed graduates, Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana said on Tuesday....Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Agencies
Xenophobic attacks erupt, Zimbabwean left nursing severe head injuries
A ZIMBABWEAN was left nursing severe head injuries while several others had to flee their homes and tuck-shops following renewed xenophobic attacks by a mob of South Africans in Thohoyandou in Limpopo...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 07:04hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Malema ties the knot under tight security
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has tied the knot with long-time girlfriend Mantwa Matlalaunder heavy security.The private traditional wedding ceremony in Malema's home town of ...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Julius Malema set to marry girl from 'Shoprite'
THE WEDDING bells are ringing for Julius Malema.Sorry, all interested ladies! The EFF commander- in-chief has been taken. Malema Will walk down the aisle in the coming weeks in a tra...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean murdered in SA mob attack
A 20-year-old Zimbabwean man died following an attack by an angry South African mob at Tshikota village in Makhado, Limpopo province, in a suspected xenophobic attack.South African provincial ...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Zimbabweans killed in new SA xenophobic attacks
TWO Zimbabweans were brutally killed by a mob of South Africans in Thohoyandou while three sustained serious injuries in suspected fresh xenophobic attacks in the neighbouring country.The inc...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 17:16hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man claims to be Malema's father
71-year-old Samuel Manyapye, an impoverished scrap metal collector claims that he is Julius Malema's father.He apparently lives in a shack at Mohlakaneng, an informal settlement on the far si...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Malema 'assassination plan'
A man, dressed in ZCC gear, is expected to appear in court after allegedly trespassing into the home of EFF Commander in Chief Julius Malema's grandmother in Limpopo - to tell her the ANC was plotting...Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA accident victims buried in Kezi
FIVE of the six Zimbabweans, who died in South Africa last week after a Harare-bound bus was involved in a head-on collision with a small car on the N1 Highway between Polokwane and Beitbridge, were b...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 02:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three arrested for SA xenophobia
South African police have arrested three men who are believed to be the masterminds of the xenophobia motivated attacks which saw a mob of natives burn five shops, two houses and two vehicles belongin...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 00:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia attacks resurfaces in SA
Xenophobia motivated attacks have resurfaced in Liphalale town in South Africa's Limpopo province where five shops, two houses and two vehicles belonging to Zimbabweans were burnt on Thursday night....Published: 23 Nov 2013 at 02:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Six Zimbabweans killed in SA bus crash
AT LEAST six Zimbabweans were feared dead yesterday after a Harare-bound bus was involved in a head-on collision with a small car on South Africa's main highway towards Beitbridge.Six people ...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Black South Africans urged to vote or the Boers will take over
Johannesburg - ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has urged a Limpopo resident to vote or else the "Boers" will come back to power, the Star reported on Monday."If you don't vote the Boers w...Published: 11 Nov 2013 at 15:11hrs | | by Sapa
Malema's to lose another house
Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema will lose another property when his house in Flora Park, Polokwane, goes under the hammer in two weeks' time, The Sowetan reported.Auctioneer Aagg...Published: 11 Jul 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Renewed xenophobic threats in SA
THE community of Tshiombo in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province, South Africa, has launched renewed threats of attacks on Zimbabweans living in the village.The latest development follows the murd...Published: 15 May 2013 at 03:01hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Zimbabwean man stoned to death in SA
A 44-year-old Zimbabwean man from Beitbridge was found lying dead in a pool of blood at a bush in Musina, South Africa after he was allegedly stoned to death in a suspected xenophobic attack....Published: 15 Apr 2013 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Five Zimbabwean travellers robbed at gunpoint in SA
FIVE Zimbabwean travellers on a visit to Musina in South Africa were robbed of R6 000 and their cellphones at gunpoint by three men, police said yesterday.South African police spokesper...Published: 15 Apr 2013 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man threatens to exhume remains of Malema's mother
Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has laid charges against a former friend, Boy Mamabolo, Limpopo police said on Tuesday."Julius opened a case of crimen injuria on Sunday at 19:2...Published: 15 Jan 2013 at 08:49hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbos live in fear amid xenophobic attack threats
FEAR has gripped Zimbabweans living in Tshiombo Village in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province, South Africa, following threats of a renewed wave of xenophobic attacks on foreigners by the local community...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 04:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'If they want to arrest me, they are welcome to come and arrest me' - Malema
Johannesburg - Suspended ANCYL president Julius Malema issued a challenge on Saturday to those within the ruling party who were trying to silence him, the SABC reported."We know that undemocra...Published: 22 Apr 2012 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Expelled Malema criticises ANC
Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Saturday criticised ANC leaders saying they failed to condemn intimidation directed at his grandmother."There are those who celebrated my expul...Published: 03 Mar 2012 at 16:15hrs | | by Ndou Paul
SA police watch Malema's hometown
Seshego, South Africa - Police remained alert in ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's hometown of Seshego, in Limpopo, on Thursday following overnight clashes between his supporters and detracto...Published: 01 Mar 2012 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema's political enemies celebrate his downfall
South Africa - Julius Malema's political enemies in Seshego, his hometown west of Polokwane, celebrated his downfall yesterday by burning an ANC Youth League T-shirt bearing his picture.Malem...Published: 05 Feb 2012 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
19 South Africans in court for stoning a Zimbabwean to death
Nineteen people, including an ANC councillor, appeared in court today for allegedly ...Published: 17 Aug 2011 at 10:56hrs | | by Sapa
Xenophobia victim still to be repatriated
The Zimbabwean national, Godfrey Tawanda Sibanda who was caught-up in a xenophobic attack in Seshego, Mpumalanga province in South Africa is still to be repatriated for burial back home.The l...Published: 05 Jul 2011 at 17:49hrs | | by .
Seven SA nationals arrested for stoning to death a Zim man
Johannesburg - Police have arrested seven people for their alleged involvement in the stoning to death of a Zimbabwean man in Seshego, Limpopo.Wednesday night's arrests came after an ANC coun...Published: 30 Jun 2011 at 13:49hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
We rather die in South Africa than go back to hell on earth called Zimbabwe
New Age, a South African daily newspaper reports that Zimbabwean nationals who survived xenophobic attacks in Seshego outside Polokwane are saying they would "rather die in South Africa" than go bac...Published: 24 Jun 2011 at 11:14hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
ANC ward councillor charged with murder of a Zimbabwean national
The ANC ward councillor charged with murder of a Zimbabwean national will appear again in court in August. The councillor was released on bail by the Seshego Magistrate's Court in Polokwane yesterday...Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 05:38hrs | | by .
ANC councillor arrested in connection with Zimbabwean man's murder
An ANC ward councillor arrested in connection with the stoning of a Zimbabwean man in Seshego, is "innocent until proven guilty", the party in Limpopo said on Monday.The ANC "upholds the prin...Published: 20 Jun 2011 at 05:48hrs | | by Sapa
Thousands of Zimbabweans flee murderous South African mobs
Thousands of Zimbabweans ­living in a township outside Polokwane, Limpopo, fled this week following the most serious wave of xenophobic violence to hit South Africa in recent months.T...Published: 19 Jun 2011 at 08:47hrs | | by .
Another Zimbabwean man stoned to death by a mob in South Africa
A Zimbabwean national was stoned to death by a mob in Seshego north-west of Polokwane, says Limpopo police. "The allegations levelled against foreign nationals there is that they are involved...Published: 14 Jun 2011 at 08:42hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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