The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) welcomed the six-year sentence that a former police detective in Thohoyandou, Tshifhiwa Muvhango, received after being found guilty of corruption. The union said that such acts tainted the image of the police force and undid the good work done by law-abiding enforcement officers.

Met ‘n tikkie hartseer neem die Soutpansberg hierdie week afskeid van oom Schalk en tannie Helena Grobbelaar, wat ná 42 jaar Louis Trichardt en sy inwoners vaarwel toeroep. Die egpaar, beide al in hulle 80’s, se trek het op 3 April na Mbombela (Nelspruit) vertrek, waar hulle ‘n nuwe hoofstuk in hulle lewens begin.

If the protest action by Vyeboom residents in Vuwani is anything to go by, the ugly ghost of the 2016 violent total shutdown might be resurrected. This follows threats by the community to shut down the area if the police fail to arrest suspects they have identified as responsible for the killing of a local woman.

Diversity and different cultural practices should never be a barrier to unity and togetherness. This is the view of Jayesh Patel (39), an Indian national who has found a home in the deep rural village of Malale, outside Musina. Patel, who relocated to Malale in 2011, has become a beacon of hope to the locals as a saviour who arrived in their village when they needed him most.

Thovhele Vho Kennedy Midiyavhathu Tshivhase has urged the government not to permit businesspeople to establish taverns next to main roads, citing the risk of drunk individuals’ endangering themselves and others while attempting to cross these roads. Speaking during the Easter Season Road Safety Awareness Campaign held at Khubvi village on Monday, Thovhele Tshivhase highlighted the concerning sight of intoxicated young people wandering onto the roads in the early hours of the morning.

The construction of the second phase of a new district hospital in Siloam is at 34% completion. This was revealed on Friday, 15 March, during the monitoring programme by the Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for planning, monitoring, and evaluation, Pinky Kekana.

The parents of learners attending Ziggy Primary School in Mpheni village are questioning the lack of action taken by the Limpopo Department of Education. Some believe the department had known about the school that was operating without being registered for several years, but had not acted.

Vir Donovan en Liezel Pennells van Louis Trichardt is 2 April nie net maar nóg ‘n dag nie; dit is Wêreld Outisme Bewusmakingsdag. Deur na hulle verhaal te luister oor hulle dogtertjie Marli, en die deernis en ywer waarmee Liezel dit vertel, kan ‘n mens nie anders as om met nuwe oë na outisme te kyk nie.

The brutal murder of a man in Miluwani, Thohoyandou, has shocked the community and highlighted the ongoing scourge of crime. Julian Nkovani, a 40-year-old Mozambican national who worked as a hawker next to Sibasa Post Office, was murdered in what is believed to be a robbery as he was on his way home from work at Sibasa.

Die Soutpansberg-gemeenskap treur hierdie week saam met die 82-jarige oom George Fogwell van Louis Trichardt met die hartseer nuus van sy vrou, tannie Ann (77), se dood Dinsdagoggend, 26 Maart.

The spate of brutal, gangster-style killings is continuing, with another fatality in the past week. On Saturday (23^rd), an alleged member of the Black Mafia Family (BMF) and businessman, Mr Gift Nkhangweleni Mutshutshu, aged 50, was gunned down in a barrage of bullets at the gate of his home in Lunungwi Mutepeni.

A 33-year-old taxi owner was shot and killed at his home early last Friday morning. The deceased, Muvhuso Justice Mbaimbai, stayed at Ha-Mutsha Tshirangadzi.