Over the past month, several high-profile persons have come into the sights of the VBS Mutual Bank’s liquidator, Anoosh Rooplal, but not a word is being said about the outstanding debt of the acting king of the Vhavenda, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana.

On Friday morning, the world woke up to the news of the passing away of Zimbabwe's former president, Mr Robert Mugabe, who had led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980.

Die Botma-familie van Louis Trichardt het die afgelope naweek byna beide hul besighede verloor vanweë ‘n misterieuse brand.

The Stopthespot Youth Organization (SYO) successfully hosted the annual Mr and Miss Univen Heritage beauty pageant at the university sports hall last Friday.

Even though the killer of Portia Raselabe is in jail, the family still feel that justice is not fully served. They feel that more should be done to stop the killing of women in the country.

The Makhado Municipality’s woes seem to have no end when it comes to problems within their accounts department; their latest “error” is duplicated charges on residents’ monthly accounts.

Residents of Kutama and surrounding areas are still shocked after a policeman and his girlfriend, a police reservist, were killed in a suspected love triangle at Madodonga on Tuesday night.

Almost a year after the leader of the United African Apostolic Church (UAAC), Archbishop Elias Miriri, passed away, cracks indicating a possible split are already showing in the church.

Women’s Month this year offered little cause for celebration with a spate of violent crimes committed against women and children across South Africa.

SANRAL has announced that their Polokwane N1 ring-road project will resume this September with the appointment of Edwin Construction to complete the contract. The original contract was awarded to Basil Read in August 2015, with work continuing well until June 2018. At that time, the contractor began to experience cash-flow challenges, which led to the commencement of a business-rescue process.

With the aim of promoting the reading habit and building vocabulary and communication skills, Makhado Local Municipality launched a readathon campaign at Tshamakwatini Secondary School’s Sports Ground in Ha-Mavhunga on Saturday.

“I’m here to confirm that the Vhembe TVET College Musina Campus has met all the requirements to operate as an institution of higher learning. Therefore, we are giving full approval that the campus should start operating from today.”

While the waves of xenophobic attacks reverberated through the country over the past few weeks, business continued as usual in South Africa’s northern-most border town, Musina. Minibus taxis ferried people across the border every day and bakkies towing heavy trailers, fully loaded with groceries and other goods, headed north across the bridge.

Sixteen former South African Custodial Management (SACM) prison wardens were back in the Louis Trichardt District court last Thursday on charges of aiding escapees and interference with correctional or custody officials.

A well-known traditional healer and president of the SADC Unified Ancestors Practitioners Associations, Dr Mbaimbai Hlathi, has called on traditional healers “not to tarnish their God-given skills of healing people with the use of herbs by using human body parts”.