Phillip Livhuwani Mphohoni of Musina is a prisoner in his own body.

A 29-year-old unemployed woman has been left confused and helpless, after the roof of her two-roomed house was swept away by the wind. The incident happened at Gondeni la Ha Mabilu on Friday morning.

Levubu farm workers were left stranded after their shacks were destroyed by a fire on Saturday night.

Several politicians, led by provincial ANC deputy chairperson Dickson Masemola, the MEC for Public Works, George Phadagi, the Speaker of the Limpopo Legislature, Rudolph Phala, his deputy, Merriam Ramadwa, Vhembe Executive Mayor Falaza Mdaka, Makhado Mayor Mavhungu Luruli, guests, members of the community and family attended the funeral of well-known politician Timothy Maanda.

A host of notable speakers has been lined up to go down memory lane and remember the life and times of the late Vhavenda leader, Patrick Mphephu.

The Madaheni Combined School of Makhitha village in the Kutama came to a standstill last week, when pupils and teachers were searching for a missing teacher. The body of Mr Lawrence Mulibana (38), a mathematics teacher, was later found hanging from a tree.

Barely a week before the commencement of the 16 days activism against violence against women and children, a 15-year-old pupil lies dead, allegedly killed by a man who should be pro-tecting her like a brother or a father.

Police in Louis Trichardt have made a staggering total of 47 arrests over the past weekend in anticipation of the upcoming festive season.

A manhunt was launched by the police after a truck driver from Musina was shot at during an attempted robbery on Monday morning.

Op die hoë ouderdom van 87 is daar niks wat Tannie Fritzie Lombard van Louis Trichardt kan onder kry nie.

“My friend was left to die … To be poor in Africa is to have no voice, to be poor and sick in Africa is to be dead …”

Remember the old saying: “The quickest way to learn to swim is to get thrown in at the deep end of the swimming pool”? Well, for Ridgeway College Form 3 student Azra Asvat, this was exactly the case.