Greater Tzaneen News

31/12/2025

Makhadzi was involved in a car accident today.

31/12/2025

SAPS and SARS officials went beyond the call of duty and assisted a woman who was in labour at the Lebombo Port of Entry on 30 December 2025. Their selfless actions ensured the safe arrival of a newborn boy, affectionately referred to as “Baby SAPS and Customs.”

Both the mother and the baby are in good health. They were later transported by ambulance to Tonga Hospital for further medical care.

The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Major General Dr Zeph Mkhwanazi, commended the officials for their exceptional conduct. He stated that policing is not only about combating crime, but also about serving communities with care, compassion, and humanity when the need arises. He further applauded the officials for their outstanding commitment and dedication.

29/12/2025

🚨 𝔽𝕌𝕃𝕃 𝕋𝕀𝕄𝔼 🚨

Bafana Bafana 🇿🇦 get the job done against neighbours Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 at Stade de Marrakech!

29/12/2025

Johannesburg MMC for Economic Development, Nomoya Mnisi says the Xaba family will be relocated following the collapse of a double-storey building in Doornkop, Soweto, which claimed the lives of three of their family members, Hloniphile Xaba (60), her daughter Nqobile (24), and her granddaughter, Langelihle (one-year-old), on Sunday.

29/12/2025

FAMILY LIVES IN FEAR AFTER TRANSFORMER FALLS ON HOUSE ROOF IN NKOWANKOWA

According to the Nkuna family, repeated attempts to contact Eskom for assistance have yielded no response. The situation has since worsened, with the fallen transformer allegedly attracting criminal activity.

18/12/2025

South Africa's fight against AIDS shows remarkable progress! Life expectancy has risen significantly, and AIDS-related deaths have been drastically reduced. Our ARV program, one of the world's largest, is a testament to this commitment.
📈 Life expectancy: 54.7 years (2010) → 66.5 years (2024)
📉 AIDS-related mortality down by 68% (women & girls) and 56% (men & boys) since 2010.
The journey continues.

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

Hawks arrest eight department of labour officials in Limpopo UIF fraud case

The Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation units in Phalaborwa and Musina have arrested eight Department of Labour employees and implicated a private company in an alleged Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) fraud scheme in Limpopo.

The arrests follow an investigation into fraudulent activities at the department’s Tzaneen-based office, where officials allegedly colluded with a company between January and May 2025 to submit false UIF claims on behalf of beneficiaries in exchange for gratification. The scheme is believed to have cost the Department of Labour more than R825,000.

The eight suspects appeared before the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, facing charges of fraud, corruption, theft and money laundering. They were granted bail ranging from R2,500 to R20,000, and the case was postponed to 20 February 2026.

The arrests form part of broader efforts by law enforcement agencies to clamp down on UIF-related corruption, amid ongoing national investigations into large-scale fraud syndicates that have siphoned millions from the fund. Hawks officials have indicated that further arrests may follow as investigations continue.

18/12/2025

BREAKING NEWS!

A YOUNG LADY HAVE BEEN SCAMMED 30K AFTER TRYING TO BUY A TOYOTA FORTUNER ON FACEBOOK FROM A MAN KNOWN AS MR VAKOMBE SETHOLE.

Source revealed that a young woman who's trending and crying named Portia Masuku (33) have been scammed R30 000 after she tried to buy a car on Facebook, from A dealer man known as Vakombe.

According to the statement, Portia saw the car on Facebook which is a Toyota Fortuner white in colour and started chatting with the sales man who introduced himself as Mr Vakombe Sethole yesterday and sent her the Car Pictures.

Portia Masuku said 🗣 I've been budgeting this money 3 years back am working as A Controller at Shoprite.

I was saving to buy this car for my mother as she's now on wheelchair ♿️ thinking she'll use it when going to collect her medicine from the clinic as my brother have a license.

This man called Vakombe sent me pictures of the car and told me to deposit only 300 for petrol so that he can add petrol and bring the car.

I did give him, but after some hours he called and said he's almost here in the location i gave him but he can't come out because he don't trust me

He said What If I've ganged up to take the car for free, he suggested I should send the whole money as 30k all of it so that he can appear and give me the car fast and go. I did send him the R30 000

And after that his phone went off till now it's already 6 hours full solo ngintjinyile ngilinde imoto said Portia.

Indeed they have scammed her 30k just like that this afternoon, while police opened the case.

Police said 🗣 Sisaphenya Whoa Kancani sizofona if we hear something, said police.

17/12/2025

[BREAKING NEWS] Rapper Lehlogonolo Chauke, known as Shebeshxt, is denied bail. The matter is postponed to 18 February 2026.

16/12/2025

BREAKING: Mzansi mourns as popular DJ is shot dead in Hillbrow whilst on duty with his security company. The beloved radio host delighted fans daily from 3pm-6pm. Police investigation ongoing.

16/12/2025

Jewellery store robbery reported at Soshanguve mall.