Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "The purpose of life is not just to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well!”

A new bat species has been discovered in the Soutpansberg.

A cigarette-smuggling syndicate was dealt a major blow on Tuesday when the police raided a residential property in Louis Trichardt, confiscating illegal cigarettes worth more than R820 000.

Die Soutpansberg het hierdie week weer met groot hartseer afskeid geneem van 'n legendariese oud-polisieman, oom Jas Brümmer (75).

A brave little five-year-old girl from Dopeni in Nzhelele is showing everyone what the human spirit can achieve. In spite of losing her leg in an accident, she is back at school, determined to let her cheerful light shine on all those around her.

Early last month this paper carried a story of a young poet whose wish was to meet South Africa's first citizen, Pres Cyril Ramaphosa, and to recite a poem he had penned in honour of the politician. The other wish of well-known local poet Lutendo Mugagadeli (28), better known as Vendaboy Poet, is to be the president's praise singer.

Carrie Netshifhire, a young model born and raised in Tshikunda village, is eager to conquer the entertainment industry.

“We add value to our present times by reading and writing the stories which are relevant to us as Africans.”

The Bandelierkop SAPS branch has once again become a fully functional police station.

A brave and ambitious young woman, Onndwela Tshivhase (21), is on a mission to re-define the typically male-dominated film industry.

Wie het geweet dat Louis Trichardt spog met sy eie museum waar jy jouself vir ure lank kan gaan verloor in die geskiedenis van die streek met interessante staaltjies van feitlik elke liewe museumstuk?

The development of the new mall has raised a lot of question, but answers are few.