The local agricultural unions welcomed the renewed efforts by the police to implement rural safety strategy plans. The police’s revised plans were announced by the Minister of Police, Gen Bheki Cele during a visit to the area last Friday.

Louis Trichardt was verlede Vrydag ‘n miernes van blou uniforms met die Minister van Polisie, generaal Bheki Cele, wat die hersiene Nasionale Landelike Veiligheidstrategie hier kom loods het. Maar wat maak hierdie plan anders as die regering se vorige twee probeerslae om dié strategie in werking te stel en hoe kan die gewone man op straat ‘n verskil maak?

Communities in the rural Muledane village outside Thohoyandou are still in a state of shock after two children died after falling from a makeshift bridge into a ditch filled with water at Muledane on Saturday afternoon.

The principal of Dzata secondary school, Mrs Luvhalani Bridget Sinyosi, recently won an award for excellence in secondary leadership during the 20^th national teaching awards ceremony at the Ranch Hotel outside Polokwane.

With the opening of the state-of-the-art Thavhani Mall in Thohoyandou a few years ago, the number of commuters who regularly go there for shopping has increased tremendously. They experienced many difficulties, however, in getting transport to and from the mall.

Soutpansberg resident Peter John Taylor has established himself not only as a respected academic, but now also as a published author with the release of his children’s book entitled Elijah and the Messengers of Death.

Well-known traditional healer Alufheli Nemavhola Tshiphotho (42) has issued a strong warning to fake traditional healers who mislead community members with the aim of ripping them off and taking their hard-earned cash.

Tsepang Gilbert Phaswana was crowned Mr Univen and Mukondeleli Anemone Mathabi as Miss Univen during a recent ceremony held in the Univen auditorium.

Tributes are pouring in for the well-known local gospel artist and producer, Emmanuel Mamphogoro, who passed away on Thursday, 10 October, in the Netcare Hospital, Polokwane, after a short illness.

Residents of Tshikota township took to the streets on Tuesday and Wednesday, demanding a constant flow of water.

For the second day in a row, residents of Tshikota blocked roads into the township, calling for a reliable water supply. The protest action started on Tuesday and is seemingly continuing indefinitely.

Women of Destiny South Africa (WODSA) is celebrating its 10^th anniversary by honouring 10 women from Limpopo on 26 October at Kone Village Boutique Lodge in Ramahantsha village, Limpopo, under the theme Plant a Seed.

The Tshathongwe Communal Property Association (CPA) in the Makhado area aims to transform a portion of land restored to them through the restitution programme and turn it into a tourism and farming attraction.

Mr Tshililo Rambau, a teacher at Muungadi Primary School at Zamenkomste, received the provincial Excellence Natural Science and Technology teaching award during a ceremony at The Ranch Hotel near Polokwane a fortnight ago.

“Dreaming big is my winning formula and I have been applying it in my life for some years now - and the results are always satisfying.”