The Makhado Action Group (MakAG) expressed their dismay with an article in last week’s Zoutpansberger that focussed on the activities of Australian mining company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL), especially where it was stated that "no formal objections" against the proposed projects were lodged.

Approximately 500 women from Musina gathered at the Lesley Manyathela Stadium on Saturday to pray for peace, while celebrating women’s month at the same time.

In a new development, residents of the Makhado Municipal area, all tormented by water shortages, are taking hands across racial lines in order to act in a unified and forceful manner.

Rev (Dr) Ntavhanyeni Phaswana of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, Vhuilafuri Parish, and well-known educationist, recently decided to celebrate his anniversary as an ordained minister in the Holy Land.

The situation remained tense at Tswinga over the weekend, after the burial of a pupil suspected to have been ritually murdered in the village.

Munisipale werkers het ‘n boom op ‘n onprofessionele wyse afgekap en sodoende ‘n inwoner groot skade berokken. Asof dit nie genoeg was nie, het die munisipale tru-grawer ‘n pad van verwoesting agtergelaat …

Twenty-eight pupils of Madaheni Combined School were treated at the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital last Friday for suspected food poisoning.

Villagers at Mhinga bordering the Kruger National Park are on cloud nine, after they were finally able to listen to SABC radio stations and watch the three SABC channels clearly and with no interruption.

Prostitution has become rife in certain areas of Makhado (Louis Trichardt) and the efforts of the SAPS to curb this problem seem to have a minimal effect.

A 53-year-old resident from Chivi village outside Beit Bridge burnt his four-year-old niece’s private parts with a burning log as punishment for eating his share of meat.

The Musina Magistrate's Court has postponed the case against 27 residents of Musina, who were arrested on charges of public violence and malicious damage to property.

‘n Motorongeluk op die Witvlag-pad het Saterdag, 25 Augustus, die lewe geëis van die welbekende mev. Carmen Schlieben.