Overloading, speeding, drunken driving and unroadworthy vehicles will be at the top of the agenda during this festive season. This is the warning from Musina Traffic Manager Mr Ailwei Mutele.

In hierdie week se slangrubriek word daar gekyk na die grootste nie-giftige slang in Suid-Afrika wat steeds as die gevaarlikste vir mense geklassifiseer word, die Suider Afrikaanse Luislang (python natalensis).

Evangelist Mabore Ravhuhali of Musina urged churches, community structures and the public to work closely with the government to improve their lives.

“Change is here. There is no one from afar who will come and effect change in your life. It is only you who can bring about change in your lifestyle because you are the master of your own destiny.” These are the encouraging words from Ornica Netshiozwi, founding member of the group called Change is here.

Shikundu Secondary School at Shikundu in the Collins Chabane Municipality was dealt a severe blow when a fierce storm blew the roofs of some classes away, leaving dams of water in the classrooms.

Louis Trichardt residents were breathing a sigh of relief at the prospect of no load shedding over the past weekend. Unfortunately, after a stressful week of several outages, many realised that it was going to be a weekend without water instead.

The end-of-year holiday season is a time of celebration for most people, with excess being the order of the day as far as eating, drinking, and spending are concerned. For people with genuine addiction problems, this season with all its parties and get-togethers can be a difficult time.

The music of the 41-year-old Tinyiko Nelly Ndlovu resounds with beats and rhythms that invite all lovers of Xitsonga traditional urban beats to take the dancing floor and express their happiness and joy through dancing and singing along.

Heidi-Lene Jonck (23) van Louis Trichardt het sedert haar bootongeluk op 11 Maart vanjaar op die Albasinidam, wat bykans haar lewe geëis het, al ‘n moeilike pad gestap. Sedertdien het haar lewe by meer as een geleentheid al in die weegskaal gehang.