Terwyl aangekondig is dat Pretoria steeds Pretoria bly, is die vraag of die naam van Louis Trichardt ook Louis Trichardt gaan bly.

The future of the Mapungubwe Transfrontier Park is looking bleak, following government’s approval of Coal of Africa Limited’s (CoAL) mining license.

The Makhado Municipality is proposing a new township, Louis Trichardt Extension 13, east of Leeu Street. Nearly 1000 erven are being staked out, including 882 residential 1 erven, four business erven, three church erven, and one erf each for a high school, primary school and pre-school. There will also be erven for group housing, social housing and public open spaces. According to the town planning section, the municipality is assisted by the Department of Local Government and Housing and has appointed Mampele Development Planners together with Management and Development to prepare and lodge an application.

The South African justice system was dealt yet another blow on Friday with the arrest of three officers of the law in Musina on allegations of corruption.

It seems as if the authorities are losing the battle against the flood of abortion posters clandestinely plastered on all available surfaces in Louis Trichardt, as well as on traffic signs along the N1.

Local rap sensation Rudzani Ratshikhopha, aka Paperweight, is breathing fire because unscrupulous promoters are allegedly using his name to draw crowds during their shows.

The Department of Education in Limpopo says the principal of Vhafamadi Secondary School of Mashau Village had failed to abide by, the school’s management rules, by engaging his lawyer on a workplace issue that needed the department’s intervention.

There was high drama at the Beit Bridge Magistrates’ Court on Friday, when two murder suspects, who were coming out of court, managed to get loose and fled, with the prison warders hot in pursuit.

A 23-year-old Zimbabwean illegal immigrant is recovering in the Beit Bridge District Hospital after he was shot and seriously wounded by a cross border transport operator, who had assisted him in crossing the border illegally.

A meeting of striking Nehawu members at Univen nearly ended violently when members of the university’s management barged in at the meeting unannounced and tried to address the workers.

The rural community of Muledane outside Thohoyandou is still reeling in shock after the death of two family members in what many believe is an act of witchcraft.

The new boxing promotion organization, JTK Boxing Promotions, was launched at the Khoroni Hotel in Thohoyandou on Saturday. The event was attended by the acting CEO of Boxing South Africa, Mr Loyiso Mtya.