#TouristMurderCase The South African National Parks has welcomed the decision by the Kabokweni Magistrates Court to deny bail, to one of the men accused of the murder of a German tourist who was fatally shot on Numbi road en route to the Kruger National Park last month. RM #TouristMurderCase Joseph Nyalunga was denied bail because he failed to prove that there were exceptional circumstances qualifying him for bail. RM

#PostOfficeClosure The Economic Freedom Fighters in Limpopo has raised a concern over the closure of a Post Office at Ga-Nchabeleng village, in Apel. RM #PostOfficeClosure It is alleged the facility was closed by the ANC's Ward 39 councillor, Matilda Tlape who is said to have locked the facility and took away the keys with her since April 2021 to date. RM

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has criticised National Treasury's decision to scrap the #preferentialprocurement regulations saying it will have a dire impact on local business owners. RM #PreferentialProcurement As a result of the recently gazetted amendments by National Treasury state-owned entities may no longer disqualify suppliers from consideration for tenders if they don't qualify for BEE criteria. RM

The South African Policing Union insists that members whose leave applications for December were approved, will go on leave as planned, despite utterances by Police Minister Bheki Cele that officers will not be granted leave during this #FestiveSeason. NM Speaking at the launch of the Safer #FestiveSeason campaign in Thohoyandou last week, Cele said that from the 15th of December to the 31st of January 2023, police officers will not be granted holiday leave.NM

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the South African cabinet recently endorsed the National Just Energy Transition Investment Plan as a basis for a pathway towards a low carbon climate resilient society. #COP27 NM Ramaphosa said South Africa will need about 98 billion US dollars over the next five years to achieve the ambitious targets set out in the nationally determined contribution.#COP27 NM

The Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison has expressed disappointment over the violent #protest in the eMalahleni area. PM

📸Supplied The protest ensued following alleged electricity blackouts that were experienced in the area in the past few weeks. #Protest PM

The South African Emergency Personnel's Union president Mpho Mpogeng says they are saddened by the news that a 41-year-old Advanced Life Support Paramedic attached to the Groblersdal EMS Station was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband. #Murder PM Winnie Mabotja Matlou's husband handed himself over to the local police on Monday. #Murder PM

Director-General in the department of Small Business Development Lindokuhle Mkhumane says government seeks to develop a dedicated #fundingmechanism to help support township and rural economy in the current financial year. IMS
📷Development Review #fundingmechanism Mkhumane was briefing the National Council Of Provinces today on plans to stimulate the economy in the country, IMS

The Blouberg Local Municipality says today's sod-turning to mark the official commencement of the construction of four #servicedelivery projects, is an indication that the municipality has heard the service delivery requests made by communities. VNM
📷Supplied #ServiceDelivery The projects include a multi-purpose community centre and the electrification of houses.

Municipal spokesperson, Nhlanhla Mashele says they will be electrifying 40 households in Ga-Lekgwara, 19 households in Diepsloot and 20 in Alldays. VNM

#MuziManyathiShooting An independent political analyst from Mpumalanga Gwaki Mashego believes the killing of the ANC's Gert Sibande deputy chairperson Muzi Manyathi, speaks to the provincial leadership’s failure to deal with ongoing tensions among branches. RM #MuziManyathiShooting Manyathi, who was elected deputy chairperson in April this year, was fatally shot at a filling station in Mkhondo last Friday. RM

#HealthServices Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba says there is no free health care in the public service, saying it remains the responsibility of the patient to prove that they cannot afford to pay for services rendered at hospitals. RM #HealthServices Ramathuba says it is the responsibility of the patient who is a social grant recipient, pregnant women, or those using a clinic book for children under 7 years, to prove their status so that they don't pay.

#MatricExams Another grade 12 learner in Limpopo was unable to write their first National Senior Certificate examination last Monday, after they were admitted in hospital on the eve of the English first additional language paper. RM #MatricExams According to the learner’s father Johannes Moshia, the parents informed Kgakoa Secondary school after the hospital admission and further arranged for the learner to write the exam in hospital. RM

#ANC Political analyst from the University of the Free State Professor Sethulego Matebesi says the list of nominated candidates for the ANC top six seems to suggest that the party is battling to adhere to its policy on gender parity. RM #ANC The deadline for branches to nominate preferred candidates lapsed on Monday and various ANC structures have announced their preferred candidates. RM

The Democratic Alliance in Bela-Bela says the price of basic food is out of control coupled with monthly price increases in fuel and high electricity costs, and many residents can no longer stay afloat.#FoodPrices NM This as the party in Bela Bela launched a campaign against high #FoodPrices earlier today.NM

A criminologist from the Tshwane University of Technology, Professor Kholofelo Mothibi says the escape of suspects from police holding cells is becoming alarming and concerning. #PrisonEscapees NM Three suspects reportedly escaped from a Tshamutumbu police holding cell outside Thohoyandou last week and 12 other escaped from police holding cells at the Komatipoort police station over the weekend. #PrisonEscapees NM

A Limpopo-based independent economist Rendani Tshishonga says government needs to relook their policies on suspension of #PublicServants as a way of cutting costs.NM This after the acting minister of public service and administration Thulas Nxesi told parliament that as of June, it cost taxpayers more than R130 million to pay salaries of 305 suspended civil servants, including 57 senior managers who are idling at home. #PublicServants NM

#Sexualassault ActionSA in Limpopo says in a country that is experiencing an alarming increase in gender-based violence and femicide cases, it detests the rape allegations brought by different women against the party’s suspended Gauteng secretary Abel Tau. MM This comes in the wake of a #sexualassault charge laid against Tau last month before he was suspended by his party pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing. MM

#MuziManyathiShooting The ANC Youth League in the Gert Sibande region says it views the fatal shooting of the party's deputy chairperson in the region, Muzi Manyathi, as a move aimed at weakening the ANC, given what Manyathi stood for and the position he occupied. NM

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ANCYL regional chairperson James Nkosi says Manyathi who was also a PR councillor in the Mkhondo Local Municipality, hated corruption and suggests this may have put a target on his back.#MuziManyathiShooting NM

#SAHRC The South African Human Rights Commission in Limpopo has encouraged people to lodge a complaint with the Chapter 9 institution if they experience unfair treatment at health facilities. IMS #SAHRC This after a series of incidents where women gave birth at the gates of healthcare facilities in Limpopo after which health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba indicated that patients usually arrive at a healthcare facility while they were already at final stages of giving birth. IMS

#EscapedInmates The police in Mpumalanga have re-arrested two inmates but 10 others remain on the loose after they escaped from police custody at Komatipoort police station over the weekend. VNM #EscapedInmates Police reports indicate that 12 inmates reportedly escaped from the police's holding cells after battling with the police, resulting in one police officer sustaining injuries. VNM

The #Mpumalangaprovincialgovernment says it received more than 800 applications by end of August 2022 for the Mpumalanga Youth Development Forum, Fortune 40 Youth Farmers’ Incubation programme and the Enterprise Youth Development and more applications are expected. VNM
📷:MP Gov #MpumalangaProvincialGovernment The three programmes are among the job creation measures designed by the provincial government to flatten the unemployment curve. VNM