Die Soutpansberg-gemeenskap is Dinsdag platgeslaan met die nuus van die dood van bekende en gerespekteerde sakeman Eddie Schlesinger (56). Hy het sy eie lewe geneem by die graf van sy seun, Tiaan, op die familieplaas op Waterpoort.

The Limpopo High Court in Thohoyandou ordered people who occupy stands at Ngalavhani village illegally to vacate these and demolish the structures within 14 days.

Many residents have remarked over the past couple of weeks that municipal workers also seem to have gone into permanent lockdown regarding service delivery, including essential service departments.

Officials of the Collins Chabane Municipality are being accused of paying a service provider R900 000 without any service being rendered. The EFF and SANCO are calling for action against the officials.

Een van die streek se bekende gesigte en beslis meer kleurvolle karakters, Harry du Plessis, is op 22 Mei in die ouderdom van 71 jaar oorlede.

The prosecutor accused of corruption and defeating the ends of justice, Ratshilumela Leonard Makhado (48), was granted R5 000 bail by the Thohoyandou Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

“As hoof wil ek graag alle ouers gerusstel aangaande die opening van die skool op 1 Junie. Ons is tans besig om te beplan vir die terugkeer van ons Graad 12 leerders en later die ander grade soos deur die departement afgekondig.”

“Pa, neem ‘n foto van die brief en stuur dit asseblief vir my. En stuur sommer ‘n paar ou foto’s van pa saam.”

Was dit nie vir Rosetta Otto se wakker optrede nie, kon die welbekende PD Otto Elektries in Louis Trichardt verlede week moontlik derduisende rande aan inkomste verloor het nadat kuberkrakers hulle e-pos adres gekaap het.

Since wearing a mask in public is now mandatory, they are in demand.

A 46-year-old man smiled with joy as builders laid the foundation of his two-room house at Tshiozwi village last week.

A special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant of R350 a month for the next six months will be paid to individuals who are currently unemployed and do not receive any other form of social grant or UIF payment.

After the announcement by the Minister of Basic Education, Ms Angie Motshega, that schools will reopen next month, some parents are likely to keep their children at home out of fear for coronavirus infection.

A skewed interpretation of how the coronavirus spreads, as well as stigmatisation, is causing unnecessary trauma for many people. One of these victims is a nurse from Thengwe Thondoni village. She is being ostracised by community members who refer to her as “the Covid-19 virus”.

Two young residents of Louis Trichardt will soon have to go and explain in court why they fed their pet dog so much alcohol that it suffered repeated seizures overnight, leading to potential brain damage.