With the festive season approaching fast, accidents on the region´s roads are already on the increase.

Skaars twee weke nadat Levubu deur ‘n verwoestende haelstorm getref is, met gepaardgaande oesskade, het nog ‘n fratsstorm dié streek getref.

‘n Prominente ankerfiguur in plaaslike landboukringe en lid van een van die bekendste pioniersfamilies in die streek, mnr. Manie Eloff, is Woensdag op Louis Trichardt te ruste gelê. Oom Manie is verlede Donderdag (11de) op sy 83ste verjaardag oorlede.

Sixty-seven families of Masakona, Njanjaka, Tsianda and Ha- Mutsha were left homeless last Wednesday afternoon, after a strong wind and heavy rain damaged their houses and uprooted trees.

A Pan African Congress (PAC) veteran, Ms Martha Joko Mokoditoa (68) of Musina, was laid to restat the Musina Nancefield graveyard.

Mahatma Gandhi once said that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. With this in mind, consider another incident of severe animal cruelty that surfaced in Louis Trichardt this week.

Joseph Mavhamba regrets the day he set foot at Musina Hospital... Mavhamba (42) visited the hospital on November 4. He said he had just arrived at Musina from home, Manyii, in Nzhelele when he realized that he was suffering from a running stomach.

Skaars twee weke na die dubbelmoord op die Greyvenstein-egpaar van Musina, is nog ‘n boere-egpaar van die Soutpansberg wreed op hul plaas vermoor.

Enkele ure ná die Greyvenstein-egpaar van Musina begrawe is, is twee mans in verband met hul gru-moord gearresteer. Die twee geharde misdadigers is verlede Vrydagaand in die Esigodini-area naby Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in hegtenis geneem.

The residents of Ha-Mutsha village outside Thohoyandou suspect an act of witchcraft, after a young man was struck by lightning on Wednesday.

The Minister in the Presidency responsible for performance monitoring and evaluation, Mr Collins Chabane, emphasized that the government supports a bid to make Lemana and other missionary schools return to their former glory.

The pupils of Mutshipisi Primary School at Tshifulanani received a huge donation last week, when Old Mutual Group Schemes in Thohoyandou on Friday handed over a newly built kitchen where food will be cooked and stored.