JOHANNESBURG, October 15 – Two people travelling from Botswana into South Africa were arrested for transporting illicit skin lightening products with a street value of R3 million, Limpopo police said on Monday. Spokesman Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said the truck driver sped away when flagged down for an inspection at the Groblesburg port of entry in […]
JOHANNESBURG, August 10 – Four people were arrested for attempting to rob a security vehicle transporting cash at a garage in Tzaneen in Limpopo province, police said. Police spokeswoman Colonel Brenda Muridili said the incident happened on Thursday. Police had been on the look out in the area after receiving information about a possible cash-in-transit […]
JOHANNESBURG, July 30 – A man was found hanging in his home and his wife’s body was discovered in their car near Thohoyandou, Limpopo police said on Monday. Police spokesman Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said relatives found the 35-year-old husband on Sunday. “There were blood stains on the deceased’s clothes, his wife was missing. The body […]
TZANEEN, June 23 – Police in Ritavi at Tzaneen are investigating a case of culpable homicide after two people died in a car crash near the town, Limpopo police said on Saturday. “The police in Ritavi outside Tzaneen are still investigating the cause of a fatal accident which occurred at Tarentaar junction along the Tzaneen […]
LEPHALALE, June 2 (ANA) – Police in Vaalwater near Lephalale have made a major breakthrough with the arrest of a 33-year-old man for a house robbery during a farm attack, Limpopo police said on Saturday. The arrest followed an incident at Sterkfontein farm on Friday, Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said. A 70-year-old farmer was attacked by […]
JOHANNESBURG, May 28 – Yet another cash-in-transit heist was pulled off when a group of armed men attacked a cash transportation vehicle outside Polokwane before making off with an undisclosed amount of money on Monday, Limpopo police said. ”Earlier at about 05:35am, a group of armed suspects driving in a white Isuzu double cab and […]
JOHANNESBURG, May 22 (ANA) – The bodies of three men with gunshot wounds were discovered near Giyani on Wednesday, Limpopo police said. “A passer-by found the body of an unknown middle-aged man lying in the bushes near N’wamatatani RDP Section and notified the police,” said spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe. “Upon arrival at the crime scene, […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 4 – The wife of a Polokwane businessman, who was shot dead in front of his son in February, has been arrested for his murder, along with her alleged lover, Limpopo police said on Wednesday. Spokesman Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said an investigation team followed up on information and conducted a sting operation in Lephalale […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 4 – Six miners have died after two people boarded the bus transporting them to work and set off a petrol bomb before fleeing the scene, Limpopo police said. A R500,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the assailants who on Monday night left six workers burnt beyond recognition and 28 […]
THOHOYANDOU, February 25 – Police in Mphephu outside Thohoyandou are investigating a case of culpable homicide after five people died in a head-on collision in the Maangani and Tshituni roads area, Limpopo police said on Sunday. It was alleged that a minibus taxi and a double cab bakkie where travelling in opposite directions when they […]