Latest articles on Giyani

Water theft: Thirty years of looting

Article Sipho Kings - 28 Feb 2020

New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water

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Billions spent, and a boy has died, but Giyani’s taps are still dry

Article Athandiwe Saba - 27 Sep 2019

It has been five years since a bulk water supply project was started in the Limpopo Bushveld but people still don’t have water

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Editorial: Corruption in politics and business kills people

Article Editorial - 18 Jan 2019

'When people are corrupt, other people die. This is not how politicians and companies like to talk'

Another scandal hits water affairs

Article Athandiwe Saba - 17 Jan 2019

A former senior official is being investigated by the Hawks for a suspect R64-million tender

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SIU wont relent as Lepelle Northern Water pushback against corruption probe

Article Jan Gerber - 28 Nov 2018

The SIU is investigating a water project in Giyani which was cost between R1.2-million and R1.4-million to drill a borehole

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Past failures don’t bode well for Mokonyane tenure

Article Sipho Kings - 22 Nov 2018

Minister takes over a crucial department, despite leading the water department into crisis

Mboweni targets water crisis

Article Thalia Holmes - 26 Oct 2018

The finance minister has vowed to tackle rampant corruption and municipal dysfunction

Giyani municipal CFO fired over suspected involvement in VBS saga

Article Agency - 21 Oct 2018

The Giyani municipality has confirmed that its CFO was fired following his alleged involvement in the VBS Mutual Bank debacle

Papa Penny the populist for premier?

Article Niren Tolsi - 22 Jun 2018

Celebrity politics rears its bouffant head as the flamboyant musician eyes the top job in Limpopo

Education department to track down culprit behind leaked maths paper

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Nov 2016

Pictures of a section of the paper were sent to a pupil from Giyani High School last Sunday, a day before the maths paper two exam was to be written.

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Hawks, SAPS launch probe into leaked maths exam paper

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Nov 2016

Basic education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said pupils at a few schools in Giyani, Limpopo had access to the maths paper before it was written.

Giyani: The thirst that won’t be quenched

Article Sipho Kings - 12 Feb 2015

Despite hundreds of millions of rands being spent over a decade, the people of this Limpopo town do not have a regular supply of water.

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