The Vhembe District Municipality is in shambles. Apart from continuous strikes, non-existent service delivery and allegations of massive fraud, the Auditor-General (AG) has stopped short of describing their bookkeeping as being in total chaos.

Following the arrest of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary by the Hawks over allegations of money laundering, fraud and contravening the Prevention of Organized Crime Act, more allegations from people of his church claim that the couple had conned them in pyramid schemes that were run in different branches of his church.

Teachers and pupils have been locked out of the Matodzi High School in the Vuwani area since last Friday by angry parents and school governing body (SGB) members. The dispute concerns the principal, who is accused of being unreliable as well as a maths teacher who was transferred to another school by the department.

The MEC for Health in Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, has been hailed for acting against “shocking mismanagement” at Tshilidzini Hospital.

“Nothing but glorified stealing!” This is how well-known businessman Mr Robert Rauch from Louis Trichardt describes the property rates he is being charged monthly according to the latest valuation roll for 2018 to 2023 which came into effect on 1 July last year.

Dit is seker die natste droogte nog wat die Soutpansberg distrik in maande beleef het. Nat omdat daar plek-plek al amper 200 mm reën die afgelope twee dae geval het en droog omdat inwoners van Louis Trichardt en omstreke se krane vir dae lank al droog bly.

Mr Londani Tshindane proved that hard work and dedication pay when he became the overall best student for the 2018 academic year during the Annual Vice-Chancellor’s Student Academic Excellence Awards of the University of Venda (Univen) held at the university auditorium last Wednesday.

The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Musina Local Municipality were discussed in detail during a three-day municipal strategic-planning session that took place at Musina last week.

It seems as if there is a small glimmer of hope for the struggling waterless residents of the Makhado Local Municipality.

Tsedzuluso Netshimbupfe and Lufuno Mbau are entrepreneurs with a dream. Through their knowledge of agricultural science and modern technology, they aim to fight unemployment through innovation and rural farming development.

Two weeks ago, we posed the question as to whether a photo depicting commandant-general Andries Hendrik Potgieter is real. Could it be that the photo, so often used in history articles about the Voortrekker leader, is a fake?

The circuit manager of Mutshundudi, Ms Homani Muhanganei, has urged learners in her circuit to take education seriously by working hard throughout the year, so that they may be counted among the best when the matric results are released.

Avonturier Dave van Graan het Maandag ‘n paar benoude oomblikke in die noorde van Namibië beleef toe ‘n groep mans wat sy selfoon gesteel het hom amper met hul motor omgejaag het.

“No work before our demands are met!” said the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in the Vhembe region after the postponement of a mass meeting scheduled to be held on Monday (this week) in the Vhembe District council chamber.

The vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Venda (Univen), Dr Bernard Nthambeleni, commended first-entering students for choosing Univen as their preferred institution of higher learning.