Sex workers from around the Vhembe District are complaining that their lives have been adversely affected when Munna Ndi Nnyi, an NGO that used to advocate for their rights and protect them from the law, lost their funding from the National Aids Convention of South Africa (NACOSA).

This year’s edition of the annual Manya and Mafanya Soccer Tournament will be staged at the Tshanzhe Sports Grounds in the Mutale area on 23 and 24 December. As usual, eight teams from Tshanzhe and the surrounding areas will take part in the tournament.

Raymond Mukwevho (31), the grandson of the godfather of Tshivenda music, Vho-Ntsieni Christopher Mukwevho, has mastered the art of Reggae in his own right.

A Grade 12 learner from Liivha Combined School in Thohoyandou, Zelda Mutshotsho (18), is one of the finalists in the Miss Capricorn District Beauty Pageant.

As South Africa once again enters the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, which started on 25 November and lasts until 10 December, the spotlight falls on domestic violence in society once again.

The Department of Co-operative Government, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Coghsta) remained tight-lipped the past week about a R5,7 million security contract awarded to protect Toni Mphephu Ramabulana. The former acting king of the Vhavenda is to have 24-hour protection by armed guards at his two homes.

Following the draw that was held at the league’s offices last Friday morning, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) has confirmed the dates and venues for the preliminary round of the Nedbank Cup matches for the teams campaigning under the banner for the GladAfrica Championship League.

After giving pupils the chance to focus on their examinations, the MMK Administrator league will resume their matches this weekend at different venues.

Ms Vanessa van Wyk, representative of the families of the two SAMWU members murdered in 2019, Ronald Mani (50) and the union’s former acting national president, Mr Timpson Musetsho (50), said she was confident that more suspects would be brought to book after the police had conducted their investigation on cellphone records obtained, which should show who had communicated with whom.