Dit was die laaste strooi vir die belastingbetalers van Louis Trichardt toe die Makhado Munisipaliteit hul ultimatum van 15 Januarie geïgnoreer het.

All he wanted was to be with his beautiful young schoolgirl. Ever since he came back from Gauteng for the festive season, they had been a hot item, going everywhere together. The young man had come back with his pockets full of cash after getting his Christmas bonus from his employers back in Gauteng, thinking that he would enjoy it with his girlfriend until he went back to work. That was not to be as they blew all the money and he was left penniless, without even money for a fare back to Gauteng where he worked.

Due to heavy rains and thunderstorms, four people were seriously injured while another 120 sustained minor injuries when a bus in which they were travelling overturned and smashed into trees in Shihosana village in the Malamulele area on Tuesday.

Four of the prestigious awards that were conferred by the President of the ANC, Mr Jacob Zuma, during the launch of the ANC 2009 election manifesto in East London, were received by structures from Limpopo. That is why the Limpopo ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) held a dinner in honour of those three structures at Meropa Casino in Polokwane last Thursday.

Six of the 25 Madodonga community members who died of cholera received a dignified burial at a mass funeral ceremony that was held at the village’s cemetery last Saturday.

The Shetlele family is shocked and very concerned about the death of a family member, Mr Norman Shetlele, whose lifeless body was found in the bush at Vhutuwangadzebu Mpheni village near Elim in the Waterfall area last Monday.

According to the 40-year-old Norman Shetlele’s sister, Agnes Shetlele, the family suspect that her brother had been the victim of a ritual murder.

The two members of the Vhulaudzi Youth Against Crime, who passed away on January 1, received a dignified burial at Vhulaudzi last Saturday.

ANC President Jacob Zuma conferred the ZK Matthews Award on the Musina Local Municipality for being the best performing ANC-led municipality in the country.

Students in the department of agriculture at the University of Venda and surrounding local communities stand to benefit after a deal that will see the university acquire an additional 30 hectares of land was signed at Luaname Mukumbani between the university and the Tshivhase Royal House.

The mayor of Musina Municipality, Caroline Mahasela, forgot her busy schedule for a while to give support and hope to hundreds of foreign nationals, mainly Zimbabweans, who are lining up to apply for asylum status at the Musina Show Grounds.

The Makuya Police made a breakthrough when they arrested a 72-year-old man for the rape and murder of an elderly woman in Tshitavha-Sambandou village in Makuya near Thohoyandou.

An alleged armed robber, who escaped during an exchange of gun fire with police last week, was ultimately killed when he refused to surrender and fired on police, after being surprised in his hideout at Itsani over the weekend.