The development manager of Black Leopards FC, Aaron Thidiela, dropped a bombshell when he requested an early retirement package of R2,5 million.

Kersfees het vroeg gekom vir die 47-jarige Basie van der Merwe ná hy Dinsdagmiddag op borg vrygelaat is. Die 47-jarige Van der Merwe, ‘n oud-onderwyser, het op 6 Julie begin om sy ses-jaar-lange gevangenisstraf uit te dien, nadat hy daaraan skuldig bevind is dat hy vir ‘n jaar lank ‘n seun onsedelik aangerand het.

The MEC for Roads and Transport, Ms Pinky Kekana, officially opened the long-awaited Lutanandwa bridge at Levubu on Thursday.

In Thohoyandou is a traffic official who is always thinking of ways to improve and develop his community.

A 30-year-old armed robber hailing from Beit Bridge was sentenced to an effective 10 years in jail, for robbing a stranded South African tourist of valuables worth R12 150 at a lay-bye point along the Beit Bridge-Masvingo road.

On several occasions he has told people that he would like to pass the royal baton to his son while he is still alive. People did not take him seriously as it is unheard of in the local community that the father could give up the reins while still alive.

The mayor of Makhado Municipality, Cllr Mavhungu Luruli, says it is high time that women stop abusing their child grants. She was speaking during a Children´s Day Celebration and a Christmas Party that was held at the Makhado Caravan Park last Saturday.

Makhado FM´s beauty contest, which was held at the Rivoni Society for the Blind auditorium hall last Saturday, ended with blood flowing. This was after the station manager, Mr Moses Muneri, was assaulted with an empty cold drink bottle on the head.

The Soutpansberg Ratepayers Association is looking at the possibility of lodging criminal charges against the accounting officer of the Makhado Municipality. The accounting officer of a municipality is the municipal manager.

Another Australian television network is keen to visit the Soutpansberg in the new year. They want to get to the truth of the Breaker Morant story.

Contractors from the Vhembe district have called for a commission of inquiry to look into the allocation of building tenders.

Pupils and teachers at Kwalu Secondary School in Tshamnangana Village outside Beit Bridge were left scurrying for cover, when the roofing sheets of the classrooms were blown off by strong winds that swept across the entire village.