“The fact that there were nearly 400 suspects arrested and charged for drug trafficking in Musina clearly indicates that we have a serious problem of drug abuse in our community. It is not a secret that drugs like nyaope, cocaine, dagga, crack, heroin and mandrax are openly sold to our community members, more worse - even on school yards.”

Ná die omstredenheid wat die 2014-2018 waardasierol vir die Makhado munisipaliteit gekenmerk het, sou mens verwag dat daar met meer omsigtigheid te werk gegaan word met die opstel van ‘n nuwe rol. Dit blyk egter dat daar soortgelyks baie vrae en min antwoorde oor die 2018-2023 waardasierol is.

Oscar Makamu released his eighth album, called Xifula xa Vusiwana, during the past month.

Hardly two years after obtaining a third position at the Rofhiwa Gospel Star Search, Tshivenḓa gospel artist Lufuno Phalandwa (25) has recorded his debut live CD and DVD at a fully packed community hall at Ha-Mutsha, near Levubu, a fortnight ago.

In the African tradition, the dead are treated with utmost respect and dignity and the places where they are buried is regarded as very sacred.

The time of sitting in cosy offices, while people are suffering outside, is over. So says Thulamela mayor Cllr Mushoni Tshifhango, as he joined field workers in filling potholes.

A convicted double murderer is planning to sue the State for compensation, claiming that he was wrongfully incarcerated for an extra five years on top of his original 20-year life sentence.

A call was made for the community to continue giving support to the grief-stricken family of the 8-year-old girl who died mysteriously while on a school trip in Durban.

Residents of Matsila, one of the most development-orientated rural communities in the area, held a consultative meeting with their leaders on Sunday.