Louis Trichardt residents will have noticed by now that construction work north of Stubbs Street has certainly not been halted, and since Thursday last week, the area has once again been a beehive of construction activity.

The Sterkstroom Living Gospel World Mission Church in Malavulwe village honoured the late Mama Grace Mathaba when one of their new buildings was named after her.

Women under the umbrella of the New African Apostolic Church from different branches in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo gathered at Malavuwe last month for their annual women's conference.

Twenty-four-year-old Mutshidzi Ratshidaho from Siloam in Nzhelele appears to be a jack-of-all-trades. Starting out as an IT technician, this ambitious young man decided to take on a whole different venture, and today he proudly owns a registered company called Mutshidzi Welding Service Pty.

Residents of Midoroni in the Kutama area were shocked to discover that some of their relatives’ tombstones were stolen, while several tombstones were vandalised.

Vendors, businesspeople, commuters and minibus operators in Thohoyandou town claim that their streets have not been cleaned for years. Nearly every surface and corner of the town has been littered with paper, empty cardboard boxes, artificial hair and other garbage. The worst part, the community members say, is that the Thulamela Municipality’s offices are situated right amid all this trash, and yet they seem oblivious to the fact that their town is such a mess. 

The Makhado Municipality finally broke its silence regarding the large-scale debushing of the area north of Stubbs Street in Louis Trichardt that has, over the past couple of weeks, raised some eyebrows. The matter has also now attracted the attention of the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Directorate (ECED).

The village of Hanesangani Mabangani, outside Vuwani, has become a nest for lawbreakers of late, with crimes such as cattle theft, robberies and housebreakings becoming the order of the day.

Cllr Gumani Mukwevho, the portfolio head for technical services at the Makhado Municipality, promised Eltivillas residents that all current ongoing projects in their area would be completed within the next two months.

The Nekhumbe family and the Khubvi community have been plunged into deep mourning after the death of the village’s well-known bottle and tin collector, Ms Tshitereke Joyce Nekhumbe.

Met die 48-jarige Jannie Bouwer van Louis Trichardt gaan dit nou weer klopdisselboom, nadat medici op 1 April die gat in sy skedel suksesvol kon toemaak.

The appointment of Mavhungu David Mphephu (better known as Vho-Japan) as acting king of the Vhavenda may not proceed as smoothly as some might wish. One of the main contenders for the kingship position, princess Masindi Mphephu, has written to the premier of the province and objected against this appointment. One of the reasons put forward is that David Mphephu is not a “suitable” candidate because he has, among other things, lied under oath.