Na aanleiding van ‘n onlangse berig in ‘n nasionale dagblad wat melding maak van ‘n skeuring binne die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk (NHK) in Makhado (Louis Trichardt), heers daar tans verwarring by talle inwoners oor wat presies die ware stand van sake by die kerk is.

Joyful laughter turned into screams of terror when a 21-year-old man, Tshililo Muelelwa, who was swimming in a stream at Mpheni, drowned on Sunday.

A rumble of disapproval went up from pro-environmental groups when the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) granted Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) environmental authorisation for their Makhado project here in the Soutpansberg valley.

News of a naked man who was found hiding beneath the shelves at a clothing store ran like wildfire throughout the Shoprite Taxi Rank in Makhado last Friday.

He grew up looking after cattle and goats in the deeply rural mountainous village of Mudzidzidzi, north of Thohoyandou. Today, he is a celebrated composer and singer of Venda traditional wedding songs.

Mnr. Dirk Meissenheimer van Makhado (Louis Trichardt), of sommer oom Dirk soos hy alom bekend staan, is hierdie Woensdag weer terug by die werk ná hy vir lank ernstig siek was.

The ambassador for the Tshukudu Lenaka Campaign, Anton Fouché (40), arrived in Musina last Friday after walking from Pretoria while pulling a man-made, life-size rhino from Pretoria, to raise funds and awareness about rhino poaching.

Inwoners mag reeds kennis dra van die Tsitandani tehuis vir kinders wat in Tshikota deur die NG Moedergemeente, in samewerking met verskeie ander instansies, op die been gebring is. Dit verskaf ‘n heenkome vir hawelose swart kinders, meestal van Zimbabwe.

The two famous young rhino conservationists of Makhado (Louis Trichardt) held their second Run4Rhino Fun Run the past weekend.

The winner of last year’s Two Countries Marathon, Zimbabwean Nkosiyazi Sibanda (32), did it again when he won the marathon for the second time last Saturday.

Black Leopards were beaten 2-1 by African Warriors at Seshego Stadium last Friday. They started their NFD campaign extremely shakily, with only one league point after two matches.

The Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane is expected to be packed to capacity tomorrow afternoon. That is where the much-awaited NFD League match between the only two Limpopo sides, Baroka FC and Black Leopards, will be staged.