Several motorists found themselves stranded in the rain and mud on Monday morning after falling victim to a massive ditch across the Thohoyandou Road just outside Louis Trichardt. The ditch caused numerous tyre blow-outs and irreparable damage to expensive mags and wheel rims.

The family of the late Thivhalitshi Mutheiwana is accusing the ANC of being insensitive for “using their funeral to campaign for the coming elections.”

In spite of scary reports of incidents of crocodile attacks in the rivers, many people are still prepared to risk their lives by going to the dangerous water in search of fish that help them to support their families, directly or indirectly.

The Thohoyandou High Court has sentenced James Azwinndini Nedzamba to two life terms after he was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl.

Magwaba Bus Service, which has been hit by a spate of fraudulent tickets in the past, has been hit again. The latest fraud racket surfaced on Friday evening, when passengers were boarding buses at the Spar bus rank to their respective destinations.

The family of the granny who was allegedly killed by her son-in-law on Friday morning is living in fear, after the man allegedly threatened to kill two more members of the family.

After the arrest and conviction of known ritual murderers in the Vhembe District, everybody sighed with relief, hoping it would be the last that people would hear of such barbaric deaths. How wrong they were as more and more people are killed or disappear under inexplicable circumstances.

The draw for the Nedbank Cup quarterfinal was held in the Nedbank offices in Johannesburg on Monday morning. Unlike in the last-16 stage of the competition, where Black Leopards played away from home, this time around they were lucky enough to win the home-ground advantage.

The Thohoyandou High Court last Thursday sentenced a 55-year-old man, David Tshilowa of Tswika village in the Tshitale area, to spend the rest of his life in custody for raping his daughter in 2007 at his home.

Residents of Madabani village in the Sinthumule area believe they are at risk of contracting cholera. They currently share their water resources with livestock and the streams where they need to fetch water are also dangerous. Less than a month ago, a young man and his sister were swept away by a stream when they went to the Divhini stream to do their washing.

Large parts of the Vhembe district are still facing serious water shortages. This is despite the higher rainfall that was recorded during the past year.

A crazy gunman from Thohoyandou was sentenced to 33 years in prison in the Thohoyandou High Court on Monday for killing two secondary school learners. The two learners were shot and killed at their school gate in March last year.