A Tshikuwi family of 15 were left homeless after their only house, a two-room shack, perished in a fire in Nzhelele last Wednesday. The family members, most of whom are children, are now homeless, following the devastating incident.

Alhoewel die Makhado Polisie huiwerig is om te erken dat die dorp se sakelui vasgevang is in ‘n misdaadgreep, wil dit al hoe meer voorkom asof die talle inbrake die laaste tyd een bende se vuilwerk is.

When Jeanette Mudau (37) of Dopeni in the Nzhelele area died last week, her family was devastated and overwhelmed with grief. They regained their strength and faced the reality that they had to give her a decent burial.

A family from Bungeni outside Elim is angry, following a tragic incident where a 78-year-old granny was allegedly hit and killed by an EMS ambulance outside the Bungeni Health Centre last Friday.

Belastingbetalers vanoor die land het in Bloemfontein met die Departement van Waterwese onderhandel oor die haglike situasie rakende onbevredigende waterdienste.

The Chief Whip of the Makhado Municipality, Cllr Rudzani Ludere, was elected as the provincial chairperson of the ANCYL at an elective conference that was held at Oasis Lodge in Polokwane last week.

Die Makhado Munisipaliteit verbeter ten opsigte van die regstel van foutiewe waterrekenings, sê die belastingbetalers. ‘n Probleem word egter ondervind met kommunikasie met die Vhembe Distriksmunisipaliteit, wat vir baie ‘n gesiglose entiteit is.

A South African freelance photo journalist was fined US$150 or 60 days in jail on Friday for taking pictures of border jumpers, the Limpopo Bridge and the Beit Bridge Border Post on the Zimbabwe side.

A Zimbabwean man from Zhombe Village in Masvingo, suspected to be tormented by avenging spirits, has walked nearly 1 000km, while pushing a wheelbarrow from his rural home to Beit Bridge, saying he was running away from a “group of people” stalking him.

“Dis jongmense wat al hierdie versamel het. Dit toon dat hulle empatie met die samelewing het, al is hulle nog jonk,” het ds. Rudolph Botha gesê by die ontvangs van skenkings van Hoërskool Louis Trichardt vir die minder bevoorregtes in die gemeenskap.

In their Vodacom Promotional League match at the FNB Makwarela Stadium on Saturday, Rospa United let Dinare FC off the hook and suffered a 1-2 defeat.

Dynamos and Bay United will lock horns in their National First Division League match at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane tomorrow afternoon. Both Dynamos and Bay United are not on the safe side when it comes to relegation.