A well-known international beauty pageant, Miss Heritage Global 2022, will be hosted in Vhembe this year. The competition, which focuses on promoting the diverse heritage of the peoples of the world, is set to take place at the Kalahari Waterfront Nandoni resort on 24 September.

The Vatsonga community gathered in large numbers at the Bungeni Stadium on Saturday, 20 August, to celebrate Bungeni Day in style.

One of the few remaining Vhalemba elders in the Khubvi area, Mukegulu Vho-Tshavhungwe Muthivhi Musandiwa Nyakavhi, was laid to rest at Khubvi village outside Thohoyandou on Saturday (27^th). Vho-Tshavhungwe passed away at the age of 90 on 22 August this year after a long battle with her health. 

Local female pugilist Rollen Muleba has promised to win the national boxing title and bring it to the Vhembe District next week. Muleba will challenge Razel Mohammed in the SA National Cruiser-weight title fight to be held at the Centenary Hall in East London on 27 August.

The village of Gwengoni, under senior local traditional leader Thovhele Vho-Hanyani Tshikundamalema, has been the battleground for two warring factions about the chieftainship for a long time. These divisions impacted negatively on the residents, who could not get proper services from the municipality as a result, but all that is history now.

Young Lerato Mamatlodi is fast becoming one of the darlings of the local airwaves. At the age of 27, she is counted among Musina FM’s best presenters, with a huge following behind her. Lerato presents the Afternoon Drive Show, broadcast on weekdays from 15:00 to 18:00. 

Louis Trichardt’s star athlete Sheryl James continues to shine, this time at the Commonwealth Games currently taking place in Birmingham, England.

Hundreds of villagers showed up at the Nyamande royal palace in Matangari in celebration of Matangari Day on Saturday, 9 July. The festivities also served as the 39^th birthday celebration of local traditional leader Khosi Vho-Mutulagole Nyamande.

An 82-year-old pensioner who has been playing a traditional instrument called mbila (also called a thumb piano) for more than 50 years, Mr Tshinyadzo Joseph Muthakhi, says he has been trying to record his debut album for many years but to no avail.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Services, confirmed that the third case of monkeypox in the country, identified through laboratory testing at the NICD, was reported, this time in Limpopo Province.

Venda Football Academy (VFA) confirmed this week that Mr Michael Loftman was appointed as the team’s new head coach with effect from Friday, 1 July. He follows in the footsteps of Mr Johnny Ferreira, who left the club at the end of last season,

Paralympic bronze medallist Sheryl James from Louis Trichardt has been selected as part of the approximately 190-member South African team to take part in the 2022 Commonwealth games in Birmingham at the end of July, beginning August.