The victims in an arson case were fuming after the court issued suspended sentences to 12 of the people who set fire to their property in 2015.

Growing up in Mamvuka village in the Nzhelele Valley, Muofhe Ratshikombo loved achaar so much that she would have it with every meal. Today, she is the founder of Oumie’s Grandé Achaar, with eight permanent and 14 seasonal workers in her employ.

The dream of a radio presenter to reach out and assist fellow disabled people has finally started to materialise. The Muphirimia Foundation was officially introduced during a function held at The Gerbs Resorts at Muswodi Dipeni on Thursday, 28 March.

Community members of Tshiozwi and Gogobole have threatened to take the law into their own hands, should the police fail to curb the ongoing crime in their area.

The efforts of Masindi Clementine Mphephu’s legal team to amend their court application to also include discussions on a clause that would mean that traditional leaders linked to corruption are excluded from holding senior positions, have failed. Judge President Moletje George Phathudi refused permission for this aspect to be added to the court case. He did, however, grant her permission to raise various other issues not originally specified in the Notice of Motion.

A well-known taxi owner of Magau, Mr Jeffrey Matshivha (50), was shot dead at Madombidzha next to a tavern on 28 March. His death is seemingly related to a feud over taxi routes.

Met Jan “Slang” van Rooyen van Louis Trichardt gaan dinge aansienlik beter, nadat ‘n wipneuskobra hom op 23 Februarie aan die linker wysvinger gebyt het.

The brutal killing of a popular choir leader during a church service at Makonde Shadani village on Saturday has sent shockwaves through the local community. The woman was allegedly shot twice by her estranged husband before he disappeared into the night.

Met Paasnaweek wat sinoniem geword het met padsterftes op die streek en land se paaie, is ‘n familie van Levubu dankbaar hulle lewe ná ‘n noodlottige ongeluk op die berugte R524, oftewel die Levubu-pad.

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.