With the recent serious instances of swine flu in Limpopo, people are wondering if flu is more dangerous than it has generally been credited with.

The deputy chairperson of the Makonde Education Forum, Dr Alfred Alidzulwi, compared Mr Godfrey Masia to a candle that burns itself to provide light to others.

The VBS Mutual Bank mess is simply getting bigger and bigger as the stories of what had happened unfolds each week. Last week, it was described by the registrar of banks as “probably … the biggest bank heist in South Africa by bankers.” Amidst all this, the central figures in the scandal are trying to leave the space “with our heads held high”, but the Johannesburg High Court was clearly not convinced and allowed provisional sequestration orders against at least three of them as well as against Vele Investments, VBS’s main shareholder.

History lovers and readers from across the country learnt with shock and sadness about the passing on of the great historian, academic, scholar and veteran writer, Dr Mphaya Nemudzivhadi (87).

“They shall wait upon you, Lord, and shall renew their strengths, they shall mount up with wings of eagles, they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint. They shall grow not old as we are left to grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them…”

“We are glad to bid solar systems goodbye and start using electricity which our government has given us here in our village. We are now enjoying the fruits of service delivery from our municipality.”

The Zoutpansberger and Limpopo Mirror again showed that they are more than able to hold their own by walking away with several top awards during the annual Forum of Community Journalist’s awards evening in Pretoria on 29 June.

King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana has urged the community of Lwamondo not to sit down and wait for handouts to save Lwamondo Secondary School from collapse.

The drum majorette group from Madombidzha Junior Primary School scooped the first prize in the provincial drum majorette competition held in Polokwane on 9 June.

It is with great sadness that the Soutpansberg community learned of the sudden death of the 69-year-old Mr Gordon Spence on 2 June.

Sheshe Primary School in the far-flung Sheshe village outside Thohoyandou is one of the disadvantaged schools in the Vhembe District.

The Musina Municipality mayoral bursary scheme has produced six more graduates, who have successfully completed their degrees at the Universities of Venda and Limpopo.