By disclosing his HIV status, Hendrick Vele risks being scorned by the community within which he functions. Vele (54), an evangelist at the Apostolic Faith Mission at Dzimauli, revealed his status to the congregation in Maniini last Sunday as part of the acknowledgment and celebration of World Aids Day.

All is obviously not well within the Makhado Municipality’s financial department. Following hard on the heels of their recent property rates blunder, where thousands of municipal account holders were not charged property rates for a number of months, what came to light this week is that local taxpayers have been paying a little bit more than they should as a result of a calculation error on their monthly accounts.

“Educated comrades can differentiate between good and acceptable morals and bad morals. It is out of these reasons that disciplined communists who emulate the late Samson Phophi lead a noble and corruption-free life.”

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) of South Africa reserved judgement last week in an appeal that challenges a Johannesburg High Court ruling in 2017 that it violates the rights of children for their parents to spank them, and that such physical discipline is therefore illegal.

When a 16-year-old rape victim, whose case was reported in 2009, died, many in the community thought that would be the end of the case as the victim was dead.

An official in the office of Premier Stanley Mathabatha urged entrepreneurs and people living with disabilities not to rely on government tenders, but also to tender for work in the private sector.

The water crisis at Muledane has reached boiling point, with residents threatening to boycott the elections next year. For two weeks now, residents of Muledane Block N have not had a drop of water in their taps even though they have their water coupons showing that they have bought the water at the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM).

The fatal shooting of a 45-year-old female social worker has left her family, friends and the townspeople shocked and baffled.

Vir ‘n familie van Louis Trichardt is daar geen groter Kersgeskenk, en wonderwerk, as ‘n nuwe hart vir die 48-jarige Zena Lambrechts nie.

At the tender age of 15, aspiring beauty queen Ethel Tondani Maimela of Muraga dreamt of making it big in the world of beauty. Her dream is fast paying dividends as she wins one beauty competition after another.

An uproar erupted, following the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards Ceremony on 29 November 2018 that culminated in the vandalising of the Vodacom shop at Checkers in Louis Trichardt last Friday, as well as the one in the Mall of the North. The shop remained closed on Monday but opened its doors again on Tuesday.

The Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) geographical area has had no rain for some time now. Coupled with its financial woes, following its investment of more than R300 million with VBS, the municipality is failing to supply water to most of the villages in its four municipalities.

‘n Roudiens sal eerskomende Vrydag gehou word vir die welbekende me. Marie Malan van Louis Trichardt wat op Woensdag, 28 November, in die ouderdom van 77 jaar in Ons Tuiste Ouetehuis se siekeboeg oorlede is.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will now decide which way the Masindi Clementine Mphephu case will continue. This is the case where the daughter of the late Paramount Chief Tshimangadzo Mphephu is contesting the Vhavenda kingship/queenship. She opposes the decision to appoint Toni Mphephu Ramabulana as king of the Vhavenda and reckons she was discriminated against because of her gender.

A 27-year-old man, who allegedly stabbed and killed a friend at Mavhunga village in the Nzhelele area on Saturday morning, was arrested and charged with murder.