“We apologise unconditionally and undertake to ensure that this does not recur,” SASSA replied in a media statement regarding the suspension of old age grants of some residents of Our Home Old Age Home in Louis Trichardt.

The community of Muledane has been dealt a terrible blow, following the death of one of its pioneer business personalities.

The Makhado Municipality can once again not find or verify some of their assets. An inventory count for the financial year ending June 30 this year found that there were stock items on the valuation report, amounting to just over R4 million, that could not be physically verified.

It is just a week after an Absa Bank ATM was bombed by unknown criminals at the Tshakhuma Spar. Now, another ATM, this time a Nedbank ATM, was bombed at the Njakanjaka Build-It store.

On August 30 this year, the Black Leopards Football Club owed the Makhado Municipality just over R193 000 in outstanding municipal rates and taxes.

The community of Ha-Mphego, outside Thohoyandou, is still reeling from shock following the tragic death of two children from the same mother, Andani Mulaudzi (8) and Ntanganedzeni Tshabalala (11).

Regdeur die land gons die tonge ná die nuus van die arrestasie van elf verdagtes in verband met grootskaalse renosterstropery. Die elf het Woensdag in die hof op Musina verskyn te midde van landwye mediabelangstelling. Veral in die Soutpansberg het mense met skok en verbasing gereageer, aangesien van die verdagtes welbekend is in die streek.

The defamation case of a former municipal manager of the Makhado Municipality, Ms Faith Muthambi, suffered a setback last week when the case was struck off the High Court roll and she was ordered to pay costs to the second defendant, Zoutnet Publishers.

Jealousy and possessiveness over his beautiful wife could have led to a jilted policeman to kill his wife and mother-in-law. The policeman, based at Vhulaudzi satellite police station in the Nzhelele area, is alleged to have followed his estranged wife to her home, together with their son.

He is a former promising boxer, himself but could not realize his dream of becoming a world champion.

There was joy when a poor woman, who did not have a roof over her head, was aided by a Good Samaritan who built her a brand new five-roomed house.

A serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has hit Beit Bridge district, with local authorities suspecting that the disease could have originated from 25 buffaloes that reportedly strayed into Zimbabwe from South Africa´s Kruger National Park.