Eleven suspects, among them four Zimbabwean police officers, who are accused of allegedly being involved in a spate of armed robberies along the Beit Bridge-Bulawayo road in which they targeted mostly foreign travellers, appeared in court of Friday, 6 February.

The remains of 32 unidentified people who were lying at the forensic pathology unit at the Elim Hospital received a proper burial last Wednesday.

The chief executive officer (CEO) of Limpopo Tourism and Parks, Benny Boshielo, said the cholera situation in Musina should be turned into a positive initiative to restore the confidence of tourists. Boshielo was addressing senior municipal officials and tourism stakeholders during his recent fact-finding mission visit to Musina.

A well-known character in the Thohoyandou CBD nearly met his Creator after he was brutally stabbed by a known thug next to the Thohoyandou Post Office.

What was supposed to be a dignified send-off for a senior family member ended in tragedy when two members of the same family died and more than 20 were injured when the driver of the truck they were travelling in lost control and the vehicle rolled several times before coming to a halt. Two family members, Tshiwela Kwinda-Ramphabana (20) and Emely Kwinda (11), died while 10-year-old Surprise Kwinda is still in hospital after suffering serious injuries in the accident.

Mystery surrounds the discovery of a badly swollen body in the Luvuvhu River not far from the Nandoni Dam. Surrounding communities of Tswinga and Tshitomboni fear that it might be the work of the feared and notorious Gumaguma gangs who have their roots in Zimbabwe.

A quick visit from a Johannesburg-based policeman to his family home in Malamulele ended tragically when he was possibly murdered and his body set alight next to his bakkie.

A traditional leader who is also a school teacher, Freddie Shikundu, appeared in court once again on a charge of armed robbery. To add to his woes, more charges were added to the list of accusations against him.

A convicted rapist, Nthatheni Ndou (29) of Tshitombonin village outside Thohoyandou, chose death instead of spending 18 years in jail. Ndou was found guilty and sentenced to 36 years’ imprisonment on two counts of rape in the Thohoyandou High Court last Friday.

Angry community members from Tshitungulwane-Tshimbupfe outside Thohoyandou are demanding that their former headman, Rasiwele Jackson Mundalamo, be reinstated. Mundalamo is involved in a fight with his uncle, Mr Simon Fhedzisani Tshishonga, from the same royal family for the title of headman.

A homeless man could not curb his excitement at the end of last year when he was promised his own RDP house. Instead of a low-cost house, however, he received a pit toilet.

A pensioner is up in arms after being told by the Thulamela Municipality that he has to stop building his house, because the site on which he is building the house does not belong to him, but to someone else.