The bereaved families of the victims of an alleged drag-race accident at Tshivhilwi outside Thohoyandou are still in the dark about the release of the driver of the vehicle on bail.

After more than a week of literally being left in the dark, the electricity supply to the Makhado SAPS in Louis Trichardt was finally reconnected Wednesday morning (28/03).

Louis Trichardt mountain bikers this year dominated the 35km event of the annual Munnik Meerkat Mountain Bike Challenge which took place the past weekend.

The Thohoyandou police have arrested a man on a charge of rape and his mother on a charge of defeating the ends of justice, in respect of the information about the alleged rape.

The portfolio head of corporate and shared services at the Vhembe District Municipality, Cllr Lucas Manyuha, has been appointed as the acting executive mayor of the municipality.

'n Klag van diefstal teen ‘n sakeman van Louis Trichardt is vandeesweek heropen ná opspraakwekkende nuwe getuienis aan die lig gekom het.

Well-known electrical contractor Mpfariseni David Swuhana (74) of Miluwani in Sibasa was buried at the Mbaleni cemetery on Saturday. The funeral was a celebration as mourners sang and danced throughout the service.

Die streek het een van sy groot landboupioniers en entrepreneurs verloor met die heengaan van die bekende en vindingryke boer, mnr. Flip Potgieter.

Members of the police at Giyani have arrested a man believed to be a dagga dealer operating between Giyani, Malamulele and Thohoyandou.

The contract of the Makhado municipal manager, Mr Shadrack Tshikalange, has not been renewed and he is to leave at the end of March, says the DA.

Three notorious cattle rustlers, who were operating around the Beit Bridge district and were arrested during a recent anti-stock theft operation, have now been jailed for periods ranging from 20 to 40 years.

Three Zimbabwean nationals, who had been terrorising the Waterpoort farming community by stealing copper cables in the area, were sent to prison in the Louis Trichardt Magistrate's Court on Monday.