At long last the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) appears to be prepared to make good on its promise to build proper sanitation facilities at Waterval High School. A construction team arrived at the school earlier this week to start renovating the existing ablution blocks. The pupils, however, cannot return to this school while the work continues.

Residents of the Soutpansberg and surrounds were deeply saddened by the news of the death of well-known Louis Trichardt businessman Mr Alan Odendaal on Thursday, 2 July.

Residents of Gumbu, Sigonde and Tshenzhelani near Musina say they are living in fear of wild animals, especially elephants, that are roaming in the area, damaging fences and uprooting trees and the vegetables of the community.

A picture is worth a thousand words, the adage goes, but in this case one can probably write books about it.

Vir oom Rolf (79) en tannie Gerda Schlieben (73) is daar geen groter vreugde as om weer veilig terug te wees op hul plaas in die rustige Soutpansberg nie.

Die Makhado Munisipaliteit het onlangs hul 2020/21 begroting goedgekeur en sal dit amptelik op 7 Julie aankondig. Bietjie meer as ‘n maand gelede is die publiek uitgenooi om insette te lewer ten opsigte van die begroting, veral ten opsigte van die geïntegreerde ontwikkelingsplan (IDP). Sommige mense en instansies meen egter hulle het nie genoeg tyd gehad om die dokumente te bestudeer en insette te lewer nie.

The acting king of the Vhavenda, Toni Mphephu-Ramabulana, is fighting back and intends to ask the Constitutional Court to set aside last year’s judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). This court provisionally stripped him of his title and sent the matter back to the Limpopo High Court.

The family of a 62-year-old man, who died at Musina Hospital two days after he was admitted, was not notified about his death. The family have now raised their concerns with the Department of Health.

Al hoe meer gerugte gaan rond dat die land ‘n totale brandstoftekort in die gesig staar. Uit gesprekke met plaaslike vulstasie-eienaars word dit egter gou duidelik dat alhoewel probleme tans ervaar word met brandstofvoorsiening, dit nie iets is om oor bekommerd te raak nie.

The family of a 17-year-old girl who was raped in 2016 are accusing the police of a lack of seriousness when investigating the case that happened in Lwamondo Khumbe four years ago.

Two policemen and a community member, facing charges of armed robbery with aggravating circumstances, were granted bail by the Mutale Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

When an N5 marketing student at the Vhembe TVET College in Makwarela campus went off to start his opening day for learning and teaching at the college on Monday, little did his family members know that day was his last one on earth.

Restaurante kon Maandag heropen. Die Zoutpansberger het by ‘n klompie restaurante en koffiewinkels in Louis Trichardt gaan inloer en gevind dat ‘n hele aantal mense reeds na lekkernye verlang het en gevolglik die kans gebruik het om in te haal! Kinders het aan roomys en wafels gesmul, terwyl die volwassenes ‘n lekker stomende koppie koffie geniet het!

Thulamela is set to become the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vhembe District, with the number of cases reported doubling in less than a week. On Wednesday, the Limpopo Department of Health reported that 69 people had already tested positive for the virus in this municipal area.

Eric Louw High School in Musina was forced to suspend all classes last week, less than three weeks after allowing their Grade 12s back, after one of the school’s teachers tested positive for the dreaded Covid-19 virus.