One of the Soutpansberg’s oldest residents and a legend in her own right, Miss Betty Muriel Noakes, passed away at the age of 98 on Sunday.

Vho Thovhele Gole Mphaphuli, one of the most senior traditional leaders in Vhembe, welcomed the visit by Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa to Nandoni last Monday, saying it brought hope to the community.

The Makhado Municipality has cited a lack of funds as the reason why construction of the town’s planned new municipal dumping site has ground to a halt.

Mining company Coal of Africa (CoAL) and the Save Mapungubwe Coalition Group have buried the hatchet with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.

More than a thousand farmers in the Vhembe district received a major boost when a fresh-produce market to market their products was officially opened at Tshakhuma.

While it is nearly time for the auditor general to release his report on the local town council’s financial affairs of the year ended June 2011, the previous report is still causing waves, as did the one before that.

In a show of force, more than 500 women from all walks of life in Limpopo braved the cold and rainy weather and marched 2km in Thohoyandou.

A court interdict to get the municipality to solve a sewage spill in Louis Trichardt’s industrial area was temporarily postponed.

A group of formerly unemployed rural women at Khakhu-Makulemi village outside Louis Trichardt who had nothing to do have come up with a better way of using their precious time. They started the Tshanduko Land Care and Cleaning Project.

Louis Trichardt, die streek en verskeie strukture verloor ‘n onselfsugtige en begaafde staatmaker met me. Marie Helm se verhuising na Hoedspruit.

There was an immediate strong reaction from amongst environmentalists in Louis Trichardt when drastic cutting of the Fever Trees in the Makhado Crossing parking area became evident a week ago, creating the impression that the trees were about to be removed.

Mentally challenged people are human beings too and must be taken good care of, said Khosikhulu Vho-Toni Mphephu Ramabulana during a mental health awareness day celebration event. It was recently held at the Dzanani Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Nzhelele.