Vhembe residents can apparently look forward to another major development promising thousands of job opportunities in the mining sector. The only problem is that, apart from the owner of the mine, a couple of Nigerian business officials, a few traditional leaders and guests, almost nobody knows anything about the proposed development.

Anne Jacobs remembers clearly the day a year ago, while driving to Venda University, when she saw a tiny puppy wandering down the road.

The mayor of the Makhado Local Municipality, Cllr Shonisani Sinyosi, officially opened the Musekwa Satellite Library during a readathon campaign at the Musekwa Thusong Service Centre last Friday. 

One of Vhembe’s “big trees”, the sculptor George Magonya (80) of Madabani, died after a long illness at the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital last Thursday.

Advokaat Thomas Langley, politieke strydros uit die vorige bedeling, is op Vrydag, 12 Oktober, in die ouderdom van 84 jaar oorlede. Dieselfde dag het Suid-Afrikaners afskeid geneem van oud-minister Pik Botha, een van Langley se groot politieke teenstanders in die apartheidsjare, wat in die ouderdom van 86 oorlede is.

The 246 households of Ha-Mavhunga village in Nzhelele, who have been living without electricity, were overjoyed when the electrification of the village was officially completed a fortnight ago.

Why struggle by looking for a job when you can create one for yourself? This is a simple question from Tshidivhano Mulondo, one of the four Mulondo brothers of Tswera village, near Sambandou, who have teamed up to fight the scourge of unemployment successfully.

Mrs Renuka Devendra Patel, who passed away peacefully on the evening of 24 September at the Limpopo Mediclinic in Polokwane, will be greatly missed by her family and the community of Louis Trichardt.

The mystery of the Tshitavha ritual murder case deepened last Friday, when the seven accused in the case were set free because of a lack of evidence.

Pupils from six schools in Thulamela received a big boost before their final exams, following a visit by their mayor, Cllr Avhashoni Tshifhango from Thulamela Local Municipality.

The prevalence of teenage pregnancies at schools in Limpopo is becoming a source of great concern.

Terwyl baie inwoners ‘n lekker blaaskans geniet het tydens die kort Oktober-skoolvakansie, al was dit met Jan Tuisbly se Karretjie, was daar ‘n paar inwoners wat moeite gedoen het om die lot van ander beter te maak.

As more and more of the VBS Mutual Bank’s scandals surface every day, the ordinary people are the ones who suffer. Last week it was announced that 100 people working at the bank would lose their jobs.

While a couple of burglars were granted free accommodation in the country’s correctional facilities by the Louis Trichardt Magistrate’s Court last week, others were trying their best to qualify for free accommodation as well.

The residents of Tshikota in Ward 7 of the Makhado Local Municipality will soon enjoy the benefits of having a leisure park.