‘n Elektriese fout wat ‘n inwoner van Louis Trichardt duisende rande se skade berokken het, het in Julie vanjaar die Makhado Munisipaliteit genoop om net meer as R45 000 skadevergoeding aan hom uit te betaal.

Several officials from the Makhado Municipality find themselves with much to explain, after being identified as having allegedly defrauded the country’s social grant system.

The former Black Leopards coaches Vladislav Heric and Joel Masutha are back in the Leopards camp. Heric and Masutha were head coach and assistant coach for the Thohoyandou outfit during the last four months of last season.

Municipality has scooped yet another important provincial award. This time it is the Workplace Learning of the Year from the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) for the development and implementation of workplace training amongst its employees.

The firefighting and rescue department in Vhembe District received a major boost when three major fire pumpers and a rescue vehicle were added to their fleet.

The riots at Thohoyandou CBD last week might have come and gone, but not without a cost as many hawkers lost thousands in terms of damage and stock.

Lufuno Emmanuel Mashau is a 24-year-old disabled person who has been wheelchair-bound since he was a child. Lately, his problems are not limited to his inability to walk, but also his inability to persuade the Department of Home Affairs to issue him with a correct ID so that he can claim his disability grant.

The community of Mashamba at Tshitale area is still reeling from shock, after an 11-year-old boy and Grade 4 pupil at Mashamba Primary, Vhutali Mashamba, shot himself with his grandfather’s hunting rifle late on Thursday afternoon.

The 70-year-old Enos Phalanndwa died in his bedroom on the night of June 20 this year, but to date, the family’s questions about his mysterious death remain unanswered.

MEC for Public Works, Mr Pandelani Ramagoma (52), died in a vehicle accident outside Louis Trichardt on Monday. He was on his way to Polokwane.

Tannie Marie Booysen (88) van Herfsakker op Louis Trichardt glo en vertrou dat haar warmwatertoestel (geyser) vervang sal word, sodat sy weer lekker warm kan bad.

The hunting season that started on May 1 ended on July 31.