A mysterious skin disease is threatening to destroy the life of a once-handsome young man. Caswell Hlongwane (27) of Valdezia outside Louis Trichardt suffers from a rare skin disease which has left doctors in the dark, without a remedy to cure it. He has developed terrible and smelly pimples that have led him to be ostracized by his immediate community.

The Vhangona Cultural Movement strongly objected last week to media reports stating that their claim for kingship status had been rejected by the Nhlapo Commission. The fact that Vho Thovhele Tshidziwelele Nephawe could not make it to the hearings in the matter held at Bolivia Lodge in Polokwane does not automatically rule them out of contention for the throne, they said.

Police in Beit Bridge made a breakthrough when they arrested 12 suspects linked to an armed robbery syndicate which recently robbed South African travellers and locals of their cash and goods along the Beit Bridge-Masvingo road.

A serious intervention is required as cholera continues to hit many parts of South Africa and the Limpopo province in particular.

The newly appointed mayor of Makhado Municipality was officially sworn in at a well-attended ceremony that was held at the Louis Trichardt Show Grounds last Saturday.

The newly inaugurated mayor of the Makhado Municipality is contemplating the rehabilitation of streets around Louis Trichardt town as her first strategy to deal with poor service delivery in the Municipality.

To most rural learners, a full uniform is a luxury they cannot afford. For poor and vulnerable learners at Makanyu Primary School at Mphego outside Thohoy-andou, going to school barefoot will be a thing of the past, thanks to the generosity of the president of the African National Congress Youth League, Julius Malema, who donated 100 pairs of shoes, computers, furniture and prom-ised a high school to the community of Mphego.

An adventure on a self-made boat on a stream turned into a horrific nightmare for two young boys when their boat capsized and they drowned in the foaming waters.

The Carnivore Conservation Group (CCG) of the Endangered Wildlife Trust is at present conducting a carnivore survey in Limpopo.

The Chief Executive Officer of South African National Parks (SANParks), Dr David Mabunda, said on Monday that there is no danger of tourists and staff contracting cholera from drinking water in the Kruger National Park (KNP) despite positive reports of cholera in the rivers.

Na verneem word het ‘n 43-jarige vrou van Levubu behandeling op Louis Trichardt ontvang vir moontlike cholera.

Met die afsnydatum vir die hernuwings van vuurwapenlisensies ingevolge die nuwe vuurwapenwet wat vinnig nader kom, het mnr. Gideon Meiring van die TLU SA vuurwapeneienaars wat nog nie hernu het nie weens beginselbesware teen die wet versoek om by hul standpunt te bly.