It’s December, the matric exams are finished, and the school-leavers are preparing for a new future, but first they have to take a break.

As the year draws to a close, the criminal case against a renowned figure in local education circles has yet to be finalized.

A new municipal manager has been appointed for the Makhado Municipality, albeit already from 1 November with few people knowing about it. An official announcement to this effect will apparently be made on Friday, 2 December.

The newly formed Tshakhuma RO Na Ndilani will be campaigning in the Absa Premiership Division in four years’ time if the words of the team’s sponsor, Mr Mathakha Madzivhandila’s, are anything to go by.

The new head coach of Black Leopards, Mr Ivan Minnaert, steered his side to a second successive victory when they beat Super Eagles 2-1 at the Goble Park Stadium in Bethlehem on Saturday.

It will be a boring weekend for the local football lovers. Black Leopards and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM), the only two NFD sides in the Limpopo Province, will play their league matches away from home.

Tshakhuma RO Na Ndilani proved beyond any doubt that they are ready for the new season when they brutally crushed Mutandani Pull Together 3-0 in their rehearsal match at the Tshakhuma Malaria grounds last Sunday.

An award-winning singer, Mazwale, will celebrate her music career with a superb line-up of fellow artists and fans at Masana Resort in Tshikuwi, Nzhelele, on 2 December.

Dedicated workers of the Elim Hospital received certificates and trophies in recognition of their hard work during an excellence awards ceremony held at Kone village outside Louis Trichardt a fortnight ago.

Louisa Kirsten, a local physiotherapist based at the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital, successfully completed her International Paralympic Committee (IPC) recertification course as a world para athletics international physical impairment classifier (medical).

After 28 years of service to Emmanuel Christian School (ECS), the principal, Ms Sandy James, is retiring at the end of 2017. 

Die saak teen ‘n voormalige finansiële adviseur, Francois Martinus Labuschagne van Louis Trichardt, het op 22 November weer in die handelsmisdaadhof in Bellville voorgekom.