A young and talented hip hop artist, N-1, also known as Cape2Cairo, is a singer who believes that he “resides in his rhymes,” which only means that life is meaningless without music.

A few months ago, the hashtag #DeadPose caused an outcry on social media, with people expressing their disgust at the social media users who posted pictures of themselves where they appear to have died. The latest “craze” is to post pictures where it looks as if the person has been admitted to ICU, under the hashtag #ICU.

If the networking sessions between the Makuya Traditional authority under Thovhele Lavhelesani Makuya and visionary traditional leader Chief Livhuwani Matsila are anything to go by, the unemployed in the area will soon be able to care for their families.

Die eenjarige Luan Oosthuizen het die afgelope week diep in die harte van inwoners ingekruip met sy stryd om oorlewing vanweë ‘n uiters ernstige longinfeksie.

A police officer from the Makhado SAPS was stabbed to death on Sunday, 22 October, at a residential house in Louis Trichardt.

A popular Muvhango actress, Maumela Mahuwa, who plays Vho-Suzan, has released a single entitled African Thing.

Nearly 40 members of the Girls Club of Lwandani Secondary School in Tshisaulu village outside Thohoyandou received certificates for their leadership skills, after they attended a two-day workshop, conducted by the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP).

Local villagers commended the Musina Municipality for bringing services closer to the people during the Batho Pele celebrations held at the Ha-Mutele soccer grounds outside Masisi last Friday.

Mob justice that has become a way of life for communities in Vhembe took an ugly turn last Monday when angry residents at Tshisahulu Thavhani went on the rampage, blockading streets with rubble and burning tyres.

Mahatma Gandhi once said that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. So what is the greatness of Louis Trichardt and its residents?

“I no longer blame him,” said Livhuwani Mukheli* when referring to her biological brother. This is the same brother who, when she was a 14 year-old-girl, raped her repeatedly. Seventeen years have passed and her brother is still serving a lengthy jail sentence.

The University of Venda (Univen) hosted a public lecture by the ambassador of the State of Palestine to South Africa, Mr Hashem Dajani, at the Univen art gallery last Friday.