A dazzling birthday celebration, a glittering wedding ceremony and an emotional funeral, all within the short space of four weeks! This is the sad story of Jordan Shimanyane Shimi Maja and his wife, Rifilwe Bridget Fifi Nkate-Maja, that describes the final few weeks of their lives.

Several patients who have been visiting the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital are not happy with the service and bad treatment that they continue to receive from the hospital.

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has pledged its support to the Limpopo government in the fight against political killings in the province.

 

The scourge of rampant pirating of music and videos in the Thohoyandou area is set to come to a standstill. This follows a police clampdown on hawkers selling pirated and fake CDs and DVDs who trade their wares at street corners and taxi ranks.

Traffic fines have become big business in certain parts of the country, with municipalities budgeting on collecting millions of rands from motorists not complying with the various laws. Some municipalities even outsource the law enforcement to private companies to help catch the violators and to collect the money. It is therefore important for motorists to know what the law expects from them and how to avoid being fined for “technicalities”. One such technicality is the vehicle licence plate requirement.

Angry community members of Tshixwadza and surrounding villages in the Ha-Rammbuda Tribal Authority set alight the six-room house belonging to Chief Samuel Namadzavho Nwedamutsu (74) of Tshixwadza village on Tuesday evening.

The Sinthumule Traditional Council recently responded to the memorandum of grievances brought by residents of Gogobole. The residents handed the memorandum to the traditional council a fortnight ago.

The Minister of Police was dealt another blow with the High Court’s finding in favour of another plaintiff in yet another unlawful arrest and detention case.

The living conditions of many ordinary women have undergone significant qualitative changes, but the truth remains that women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of poverty, inequality, unemployment, violence and abuse.

Hawkers in Thohoyandou are up in arms with the Thulamela Local Municipality.

Alle klagte teen die ses mans wat daarvan beskuldig is dat hulle in Oktober verlede jaar by Easy Build in Eltivillas ingebreek het, is so stilweg in die distrikshof op Louis Trichardt teruggetrek.

With crime spiralling out of control in the border town of Musina, residents recently took to the streets to voice their anger. It would seem that their cries for help did not go unheard.

The construction of an ultra-modern medical facility at the Thavhani Mall to cater for the people of Vhembe has been hailed as the best thing to have happened in local medical circles.

“You don’t necessarily have to bless your wife with fancy things to show her that you love her. Whatever action that you do whole-heartedly with the little resources you have means a lot to the one you love.”

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), in partnership with the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), began with the celebration of Women’s Month by handing over awards to the top female farmers during a ceremony at the Dzanani Community Hall near Nzhelele last Thursday.