The axing of top Phalaphala FM DJ Jimmy Netshilulu, or Jimmy Da Scratcher, has caused a stir in the province and other parts of the country.

A meeting between stakeholders like the IEC, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the ANC in Vhembe and the Pro Makhado Demarcation Task Team (PMDTT), aimed at ironing out differences that pertain to preparations for the forthcoming local government elections in the highly contested Vuwani area, did not bear fruit.

“Sy is oorlede…” Met dié drie klein woordjies het Heinrich Volschenk vriende en familie kort voor 20:00 verlede Woensdag (10de) laat weet dat sy verloofde, Cameryn Jackson, gesterf het. Dié nuus is begroet met verslaentheid en ‘n algemene gevoel van: Dit kan nie waar wees nie!

An upcoming 28-year-old artist, Musa “Musique” Ngobeni from Elim, is working on his first album after producing a hit single Zi ryt iGalz last month, while another song of his, Famba na mina, is also receiving a lot of air time on most community radio stations.

The South African Police are looking for the mother of a newborn baby boy, whose body was found dumped in the bushes next to the information centre in Louis Trichardt on Tuesday.

Twee vermeende kapers se verhoor het verlede week hier in die Louis Trichardt Streekshof begin.

A 15-year-old girl, Rolivhuwa Mphaphathi, died on Saturday night at the Siloam hospital. The badly injured girl was found in the bushes near the Dopeni graveyard a few days earlier, where she had been dumped by her attacker.

The provincial committee of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims (CTLDC) was given 90 days to convene and conduct public hearings to try and settle the leadership dispute in Ha-Mutsha. It is, however, uncertain whether the CTLDC has started afresh with the process like the court had instructed.

TLU SA Noord se lede voer reeds sedert 2006 gesprek met die Departement van Waterwese en Sanitasie om probleme wat met waterrekeninge ondervind word, te probeer regstel. 

A female educator at Tshikhuthula High at Mukondeni village is being accused of punishing a 19-year-old Grade 11 learner by hitting her in full view of her classmates.

The life sentence meted out to a rapist, Evans Munyai, by the Thohoyandou High Court was hailed by  the police as good enough to serve as deterrent to would-be rapists.

Here in the Soutpansberg, water has been a sensitive issue for a number of years. Mention water and mining companies in the same sentence, and a severe lashing out is guaranteed - depending on which circles you might find yourself in.