Barely a week after Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale, the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) and DC Academy launched the Gender-based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) campaign in Thohoyandou (18 June), yet another couple died in what appears to be a case of domestic violence.

‘n Rare verskynsel het die afgelope week plaasgevind deurdat die Albasinidam se een sluis oopgetrek moes word vanweë ‘n oorvol dam. Dit kon grootliks toegeskryf word aan die deurdringende reën wat sedert verlede week oor die streek uitsak. Te midde hiervan het krane in Louis Trichardt en omstreke weer leeggeloop.

No mention was made of the auditor-general’s dismal view of the state of Musina Municipality’s finances during the annual budget meeting held at the Musina Show Grounds last Thursday. The mayor, Cllr Nkhanedzeni Godfrey Mawela, instead portrayed a dream that the municipality is on its way to becoming a “smart city”, marked by economic prosperity and jobs for all.

Boitumelo Tevin Mainganya, who is an activist for people living with albinism, has made an appeal to the public not to discriminate against those who suffer from albinism.

Muthu ha latiwi akhadi tshila nido muthoga linwe la maduvha - You don’t turn your back on people in need, because one day you might be the one who needs those same people’s help.

For Mike Hlongwane of Musina, the most important thing about his small business is not so much to make money but to contribute to the well-being of the people.

Residents from Ward 13 in Mukula village outside Thohoyandou have decided to start fixing their own streets as it became apparent that, after years of pleading, the Thulamela Local Municipality (TLM) was not going to deliver on their promises.

When the company Tshimangi Mathoni worked for was forced to close its doors a few years ago, she found herself without a job and a bleak future ahead of her. The outbreak of Covid-19 only added to her woes as she was confined to her house, like many others, with no money and nothing to do.

Hardly a month since the passing of the former soccer star Kanakana Alfred Mawela Nengovhela, his absence is still felt greatly as people remember the mark he left within his community.

In an effort to fight unemployment in the country, a young and well-educated lady from Khubvi village started a car-wash business. 

Nog net ‘n week bly oor vir die streek se fotograwe om hulle wenfoto’s vir die Zoutpansberger se kalenderfoto-kompetisie vir Junie in te stuur.

Former Vhembe FM presenter and Tshivenda language practitioner Ms Lindelani Vinoliah Tshifhango won a language and literature award at the prestigious PanSALB Multilingualism Awards last Wednesday.