Op 31 Mei 1961 het die Republiek van Suid-Afrika tot stand gekom. Hierdie week Dinsdag was dit presies 50 jaar gelede.

Mnr. Stephen Hoffman, voorsitter van die Soutpansberg Distrik Landbou-unie (SDLU), het sy dankbaarheid uitgespreek dat mnre. Jan Louw en Ferdie Landman en mev. Colleen Liddle die afgelope naweek se plaasaanval oorleef het.

Three members of the Air Force Base Makhado died and six of their colleagues were injured in an accident on 26 May.

Niemand wat brandstof in sy voertuig gaan ingooi, verwag om skielik die nag in ‘n tronksel te spandeer en dan eindelose hofsake te moet trotseer nie.

Vir byna ‘n maand voer die twee verdagtes wat verantwoordelik was vir die aanval op die 49-jarige Jan Louw en die 19-jarige Ferdie Landman die afgelope naweek, al ‘n terreurveldtog in die Louis Trichardt-omgewing.

Met bloed wat orals uit sy liggaam gepomp het, het ‘n boer van die Louis Trichardt-omgewing die naweek van 28 Mei verbete geveg vir sy lewe. ‘n Paar meter verder was sy vriendin se seun ook in ‘n lewe-en-dood stryd gewikkel. ‘n Plaasaanval was die laaste ding wat die 49-jarige mnr. Jan Louw van die plaas Nooitgedacht en die 19-jarige mnr. Ferdie Landman Saterdagaand, 28 Mei, verwag het.

Boxers from Thulamela Municipality in Vhembe came out on top during the developmental tournament held at Buffalo Lodge, Polokwane, over the weekend.

Although Black Leopards were the first to score in the Nedbank Cup final against Orlando Pirates at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit last Saturday, they could not maintain the standard to the end as they finally lost 1-3.

Black Leopards regard their 1-3 defeat at the hands of Orlando Pirates in the final of the Nedbank Cup at the Mbombela Stadium last Saturday as history, said the team’s general manager, Mr Sam Khaphathe.

Bishop Petros Nemulalate (73), called “the bishop of the people,” community builder, counsellor and political activist, was buried at Shayandima cemetery on Sunday.

The Zimbabwean police, in conjunction with the Department of Immigration, have rounded up 43 more illegal immigrants who were attempting to sneak in through the Beit Bridge Border Post.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated more than 25 000 Venda text books to 63 schools in the Beit Bridge district. The books were published by Longman South Africa.