Meer as 10 jaar ná bekende plaaslike sakeman Dawie Groenewald van Out of Africa Adventure Safaris saam met 10 ander verdagtes gearresteer is op klagte van grootskaalse renosterstropery en onwettige handel in renosterhorings, sloer sy saak steeds in die howe. Die Staat blyk egter die party te wees wat voete sleep.

The decade-long battle to determine who will be the king or queen of the Vhavenda is heading for a dramatic turn of events. The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has now received the final submissions from the parties and can proceed to rule on the appeal application. The submissions, however, contain some interesting statements, among others that Toni Mphephu Ramabulana’s legal team had lied to the court about his involvement in the VBS Bank saga.

Angry residents of Maebane in Kutama wreaked havoc on Saturday (28^th), taking the law into their own hands in an apparent revenge attack on a murder suspect’s family.

Meer as twee weke nadat die Zoutpansberger berig het oor waterlekkasies in Louis Trichardt wat kommerwekkende afmetings aanneem, is nog niks daaraan gedoen nie. 

A well-respected police officer from the Tshilwavhusiku SAPS station was shot dead on Friday, 26 March, during a confrontation with two suspects believed to be involved in several business robberies in the village of Maebane.

Makhado police have arrested a 28-year-old suspect for allegedly stabbing and killing his 55-year-old mother at their Berg Ridge apartment in Louis Trichardt on 30 March.

Wie ry en wie bly vir Paasnaweek? Druk die finansies of het ons inwoners steeds ‘n vrees vir die Coronavirus? Is diegene wat gaan reis bekommerd oor die virus? Die Zoutpansberger het met ‘n paar inwoners hieroor gaan gesels.

A 38-year-old resident of Muduluni village in the Kutama area was allegedly hacked to death with a panga by her boyfriend after a quarrel on Sunday night (28^th).

Mr Mulalo Isaac Bele, an unemployed resident of Vuvha-Thengwe in the Mutale area, is appealing to the local Thulamela Municipality to help build him and his family an RDP house. He claims that his previous stand has turned into a waterhole after the recent heavy rains.

If you really want to know what man’s best and most reliable friend is, ask Dr Cedrick Nnzekiseni Mathoho of Tshiombo village, outside Thohoyandou. He reckons his most trusted companion is his 33-year-old 1988 model Toyota Hilux bakkie that has so far clocked 348 903 kilometres.

Nduvhuwo Vhuatsha, a local author, says he is thankful for people who acknowledge their calling to become entrepreneurs - whether it is a new business or product or a completely new initiative.

For the Nemaranzhe family from Duthuni village outside Thohoyandou, life has become very difficult since the disappearance of their daughter, Rolivhuwa Nemaranzhe (30), three months ago.

Life has not been the same for Gogo Tshinakaho Mudau since her son, Azwifaneli Mudau, died on Valentine’s Day three years ago. Azwifaneli was killed at the gate of his house in Makwarela Extension 3 in 2019, shortly after he had gone out to get bread and pocket money for his children.

Allegations of racial discrimination by the management of Ons Tuiste old-age home in Louis Trichardt have surfaced and are being investigated by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

A suspect, first charged with attempted murder after a fight in which he stabbed and injured another man, will possibly face a harder sentence after the man succumbed to his injuries and died.