Many people remember Mr Azwidohwi Erick Sidimela, commonly known as Jege, of Makonde as a socialite who would enjoy any type of alcohol he came across.

Te midde van ‘n uitgebreide poging deur verskillende rolspelers om die dorp se “Groen Gordel” op te ruim en skoon te maak, het een inwoner besluit dit is ‘n ideale plek om tonne bourommel daar te gaan stort.

A large group of residents, which included traditional leaders and young people from around the Vhembe District, converged at Tshikhwani at the Vhumatshelo Cooperative Youth Project last Thursday to celebrate the Land Care initiative.

The payment of pensions to beneficiaries of the former Venda Pension Fund will be resolved soon, the Ministry of Finance recently announced.

Die voormalige bestuurder van die Soutpansberg Belastingbetalersvereniging (SBBV), Phillip Olivier, is steeds soek.

The veteran singer, Ms Irene Mawela, won the National Living Treasure award during the National Heritage Council awards held at Kimberley last Friday.

A 32-year-old woman from Malamulele makes the best boerewors in South Africa.

The family of the murdered 18-year-old University of Johannesburg (UJ) engineering student, Munene Hlungwane, are now more satisfied and feel that justice has been served. This follows after Enoch Baloyi (21) was sentenced to 43 years in prison last Thursday in the Thohoyandou High Court.

“Hy was werklik bekend, nie net in ons area nie, vir sy uitstekende kennis van enige enjin.”

A 24-year-old third-year Univen student from Maniini outside Thohoyandou, who went missing a week ago, came to a mysterious end and his badly injured body was found floating in the nearby Nandoni Dam.

The radio and sport fraternity are in mourning, following the death of well-known Phalaphala FM rugby and cricket commentator Michael Mutshinya (40).

Even though the government claims that service delivery in Vuwani has resumed as an implementation of the interim intervention by Pres Zuma, the situation at Vuwani remains unchanged, with the total shutdown still in force in the area.

In what is believed to be part of the continuous total shutdown and protests by Vuwani people, which have left several schools and private properties burnt, more fresh casualties were reported in the Mashau area when two businesses were burnt to the ground.

The familiar face at the entrance of Charlie’s Den in Eltivillas is no longer there. Abdul Ayob, owner/manager of this well-known textile shop, died on 1 September in the Zoutpansberg Private Hospital.