Masana News Agency (2024)

01/04/2023

Another horrific accident claimed eight life on the N1 road outside Musina.

By Staff reporter

The accident happened on Saturday morning next to Baobab Tollgate.

Limpopo traffic department says it is alleged that a minibus driver was trying to overtake another vehicle when collided head on with a loading van.

The department says eight people died on the scene.

28/03/2023

The police in Limpopo are investigating the death of two medical doctors who were found dead on their apartment in Polokwane on Monday.

By Staff reporter

It is alleged that the duo who are husband and wife aged thirty two and thirty five had a quarrel earlier on the day.

Police suspects that the husband shot and killed his wife before turning the gun to himself.

The two were attached to Donald Fraser and Pietersburg Provincial Hospital respectively.

25/03/2023

Health services temporarily suspended at Tshiombo clinic outside Tshilamba, in Mutale.

By Staff reporter

This follows the fire that started at an old building on Saturday.

Limpopo provincial health spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says the cause of the fire is not yet established, and community members are being advised to use nearby clinics.

Shikwamabana says no injuries or fatalities were reported.

15/03/2023

South African National Defence Force member has been arrested for allegedly aiding six suspects to flee under police guard in Louis Trichardt.

By Staff reporter

Police were transporting six awaiting trial prisoners from Louis Trichardt to Vivo, when they were ambushed by two cars and immediately shot at before they could free the prisoners on Monday.

Six suspects were freed and flee with a private car and a bakkie.

The prisoners, all from Zimbabwe were arrested for various suspected crimes including aggraviated robberies; attempted murder; and being in possession of unlicensed fi****ms.

SANDF member was arrested together with a civilian in Musina.

13/03/2023

Six awaiting trialists have escaped under police guard when they were transported between Vivo and Makhado on Monday.

By Staff reporter

It is alleged that heavly armed suspects interrupted the transportation of the six by shooting at police van until they managed to free the awaiting trialists.

Police says the suspects together with the awaiting trialists sped off in a grey Mercedes Benz and a white Toyota Bakkie.

All awaiting trialists are Zimbabwean national aged between twenty six and thirty five.

02/03/2023

ICYMI | A twenty four year-old male was caught driving two hundred kilometres per hour in Mookgopphong. Mercedes Benz driver was nabbed on the N1 in Waterberg District.

26/02/2023

Limpopo Hawks police have discovered and seized illicit ci******es at the value of thirty million rand at an undisclosed farm in Musina on Saturday.

By Staff reporter

Police acted on tipoff and activated an operation that include Limpopo South African Police Service; South Africa National Defence Force; and South African Revenue Srrvices.

Limpopo Hawks spokesperson Matimba Maluleke says on their arrival to the ssid farm, they found a truck and a tractor with trailer loaded with suspected illicit ci******es that were covered with brick pallets.

Maluleke says they also discovered a bakkie and another truck in the vicinity that were also fully loaded with suspected illicit ci******es.

After a long night trying to safeguard exhibit, five suspects aged between 26 and 44 were arrested for contravening the Customs and Excise Act and are expected to appear in the Musina Magistrate's court on Monday.

21/02/2023

Four fishers who were stranded at a small island at Limpopo river outside Masisi have been rescued.

By Staff reporter

SAPS K9 unit, Water and Air Wing Units rescued two females and two males next to Rangani village outside Masisi on Monday

Provincial police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapelo says it is allegedly reported that they were fishing in the river when they were swept away by the water to the island between Nwanedi and Limpopo rivers where they stayed there for five days.

They were identified as Emely Mutavhatsindi (40) from Malale village, Ndoweni Munyai (47), Kedibone Funanani (53), and Booi Munyai (54) all from Madimbo village.

They have been taken to local clinic for medical treatment.

19/02/2023

Limpopo community safety MEC Fulufhelo Radzilani condemned the torching of fifteen houses at Gumbu Village outside Musina on Saturday.

By Staff reporter

The spate of violence is related to the killing of the local headman, Takalani Gumbu earlier this week.

Gumbu was shot and killed in front of his palace.

Radzilani has called for calm and appealed with the residents to desist from acts of violence.

Police members have been drployed in the village and it is not clear if they made any arrest at this stage.

18/02/2023

Fifteen houses have been torched at Gumbu village outside Musina on Saturday.

By Staff reporter

This comes as the villagers are concerned about the death of their traditional leader who was shot dead once arrived at his palace this week.

It is alleged that police vehicle have been also gutted down.

It is not yet clear if police made arrest concerning the death of a headman or even on the asorn case.

18/02/2023

One of the victims of N1 bus accident where twenty two people perished on Monday was buried at Tshirolwe Ext 2 on Saturday.

By Staff reporter

Rosemary Nevhudogwa was one of the Mabirimisa bus company passenger that was involed on the N1 accident on her way from Louis Trichardt to Nzhelele, when it collided with cash in transit van and plunged into the Phandanama river.

Makhado Municipality mayor Samuel Munyai was among the mourners, as other municipal councillors were deployed to attend other funerals of accident victims in various parts around Dzanani.

Munyai conveyed a message of condolences to the bereaved families.

18/02/2023

A thirty five year old man have been arrested at Rabali village outside Louis Trichardt with two suspected stolen fi****ms on Friday.

By Staff reporter

Tne suspect is being charged for house robbery; possession of unlicensed fi****ms; and ammunition.

Police says they received a tip-off about suspects who committed house robbery in Musina last year December, and they were traced until one of them was positively linked to the incident and arrested in Nzhelele area.

Suspect was found in possession of two suspected stolen fi****ms.

17/02/2023

NEWS ALERT | Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha will deliver the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on 23 February 2023 at Jack Botes Hall, in Polokwane @ 10h00.

17/02/2023

FLASH | Disruptive rain forecast warning issued for some parts of Limpopo.

16/02/2023

Another body was discovered not so far from the N1 accident scene where passenger bus plunged into the river outside Louis Trichardt this week.

By Staff reporter

This brings the total number of fatalities to twenty two.

Limpopo department of Transport says police divers went back to the scene on Thursday morning, after a family reported that they could not locate their loved one who was a passenger at the Mabirimisa bus company on the dsy of the accident.

The bus plunged into Phandanama river along the N1 not so far from Hendrik Verwoerd tunnel, after a head-on collision with a cash-in-transit van on Monday.

14/02/2023

Twenty people died in an accident between cash-in-transit van and pssenger bus on the N1 road next to Hendrik Verwoerd tunnels.

By Staff reporter

It is alleged that a cash van lost control and collided head-on with an oncoming bus on Monday.

Limpopo Departmentof transport says ten passengers sustain serious injuries and were transported to local hospitals.

13/02/2023

ICYMI | Department of Education Mopani West District held an award giving ceremony in recognition of the best performing learners and educators from the Matric Class of 2022 on Monday.

13/02/2023

N1 road is currently closed just after Hendrik Verwoerd tunnels towards Musina.

By Staff reporter

This is due to motor vehicle accident that involves a bus on the N1 northbound.

Limpopo traffic spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene says the details of the accident are still sketchy.

Chuene says the road is closed for emergency services to attend to the scene.

●This is developing story.

13/02/2023

Gumbu traditional leader was shot dead in front of his palace at Gumbu village outside Musina on Sunday night.

By Staff reporter

Takalani Andries Gumbu aged forty reportedly arrived home at about ten oclock on Sunday evening and soon after getting out of his motor vehicle, was shot and killed by unknown suspect who fled the scene on foot.

Limpopo police says the deceased was certified dead on the scene and he was found with multiple gun wounds.

The motive for the incident is unknown.

11/02/2023

Limpopo Department of Transport has closed down Mutale river bridge that connect Makonde and Tshandama villages outside Thohoyandou.

By Staff reporter

This is due to damage caused by heavy rain that fell in most parts of Vhembe district this weekend.

The department says motorists travelling to Dzimauli from Makonde can use Matangari road.

09/02/2023

Limpopo police have intercepted a convoy of illegal ci******es smugglers outside Louis Trichardt.

By MNA reporter

Police operationalized information received about ten motor vehicles which were smuggling illicit ci******es from Zimbabwe to South Africa on the N1 road heading towards Louis Trichardt.

After police chase, five vehicles were then cornered with the help of members of the Louis Trichardt Farm Watch, while the other five managed to evade arrest.

Police says eleven arrested suspects were found to be undocumented foreign nationals who initially tried to engage in a fistfight with the police.

Police further says the five vehicles were found loaded with illicit ci******es at a value of four hundred thousand rands.

The suspects, aged between twenty four and forty three will appear at Louis Trichardt magistrate's court soon.

08/02/2023

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Family in Mokwakwaila found their loved one grave violated and co**se removed amid preparation for tombstone unveiling.

By Staff reporter

A family member had on Sunday reportedly gone to the cemetery to clean the gravesite in preparation for the upcoming gathering, when she discovered that the grave was dug open and the co**se stolen.

The police says she then alerted family members and police were also notified, and upon arriving at the scene they discovered an open coffin with no co**se inside.

Modike Philemon Masedi whose body was stolen, reportedly buried J last year January.

Police are investigating a case of violation of grave and theft.

06/02/2023

Limpopo taxi driver wanted for murder that took place at Mashau Bodwe village outside Louis Trichardt.

By Staff reporter

It is alleged that Mthandazo Joseph Baskete of Mashamba village outside Louis Trichardt forcefully enterd the house in Mashau and hacked his ex-lover and her mother with panga last month.

Police says the suspect then forced their five-year-old child into the vehicle belonging to his ex-girlfriend and drove away, but the vehicle was later found abandoned in Makhado and soon after that the child was also safely located at his father's homestead in Mashamba village but the suspect had disappeared.

According to police, the seventy seven year old woman, later succumbed to death, whereas his ex-girlfriend is injured.

06/02/2023

NEWS ALERT | Deputy Minister of Transport, Sindisiwe Chikunga will be handing over Shova Kalula bicycles to learners in Collins Chabane Local Municipality this morning.

03/02/2023

ICYMI | A farewell to Proffessor Tshilidzi Marwala is being held at Sibasa, as he leaves University of Johannesburg to join United Nations University in Japan.

01/02/2023

Vhembe district municipality have appointed a task team to establish the csuses of water shortage in Muledane and Tswinga, in Thohoyandou.

By Staff reporter

Tha task team was formed on Tuesday after a violent protests by the community members who were demanding water.

Protesters blocked road R524 at Muledane traffic circle.

Municipality spokesperson Matodzi Ralushai says the task team will identify causes of water shortage such as illegal connections, damaged valves, damaged pipelines, water leaks while providing water tankering in the area.

The task team will further hold regular meetings to report on progress made regarding water supply in the area.

01/02/2023

Limpopo failed comedian turned socialite Livhuwani Madadzhe abandoned bail application at Thohoyandou Magistrate's court.

By Staff reporter

Madadzhe mostly known as Captain SABC Livhu to his followers, was expected to apply for a bail on Tuesday, as he was demanding that court should release him to burry his partner.

He stand accused of allegedly killing his partner Lindelani Nengovhela and dumped her body in a pit filled with water next to his house at Mangondi village outside Thohoyandou on Saturday.

National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson in Limpopo Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi says on Friday, the suspect and the deceased appeared in Thohoyandou Magistrates' Court for a domestic violence case, and the deceased approached the prosecution, and the case was then disposed of through a mediation process.

Madazhe is expected to be back in court on the twenty third day of February.

31/01/2023

ICYMI: Livhuwani Madadzhe's murder case have been postponed to today at Thohoyandou Magistrate's court for him to get his legal representarive.

The failed comedian turned socialite allegedly assaulted and killed his partner Lindelani Nengovhela over the weekend.

30/01/2023

Road R524 is closed at Muledane traffic circle in Thohoyandou.

By Staff reporter

This is due to ongoing community protest in the area, allegedly demanding water supply.

Limpopo traffic says the law enforcement officers and other stakeholders are deployed to attend to the road closures.

Motorists driving from Makhado are advised to use alternative routes, including D3742 Maungani road to join R523 to Sibasa, to get to Thohoyandou.

29/01/2023

Mentally disturbed man allegedly found dead at Hayani Psychiatric Hospital in Sibasa.

By Staff reporter

The deceased who allegedly committed su***de was admitted at the facility following a history of violence to his close family members, and was last seen at hospital precinct on Tuesdsy.

Limpopo health spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says the deceased was discovered by security officer who sensed a bad smell coming from one of the service duct passages on Saturday.

Shikwambana says the deceased is alleged to have hanged himself, and police have opened an inquest docket.

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