‘n Gewone string kerfeesliggies, wat die kinderkamer moes opvrolik tydens die feesseisoen, het die gesin van mnr. Pieter Ackerman van Louis Trichardt groot laat skrik en ernstige skade aangerig, toe dit op onverklaarbare wyse aan die brand geraak het.

In wat beslis as ‘n betreurenswaardige ongeluk gesien kan word, het ‘n swaar vragmotor met ‘n vrag mielies wat op pad na Zimbabwe was, agter teen ‘n bakkie gebots en omgeslaan. Die gevolg was dat die bergpas oor die Soutpansberg, tussen Mountain Inn en Ingwe Ranch, vir ‘n paar uur gesluit moes word en verkeer ompaaie moes volg.

Ons almal weet dat vleis deesdae baie duur is, maar as iemand R65 000 uithaal vir ‘n bokram, kan jy verseker weet dat hierdie gedierte nie vir die kospot bestem is nie.

Met twee gebreekte bene, ‘n gebreekte heup, longskade en bloeding op die brein was die 28-jarige mnr. Jaco Maré vir amper een en ‘n half uur binne die wrak van sy bakkie vasgespen, nadat hy Maandagaand, 1 Desember, van agter met ‘n vragmotor op die Louis Trichardt/Thohoyandou-pad gebots het.

With the festive season barely started, the number of fatal and near-fatal accidents on our region’s roads is already painting a bleak picture of what is to come, should local and provincial traffic law enforcers not step up their efforts in cracking down on law breakers.

In a bid to strengthen their technical department, Black Leopards have acquired the services of the former Mpumalanga Black Aces and Winnerspark head coach, Mr Innocent Mayoyo.

Shortage of water in this area will soon be a thing of the past, said the executive mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality, Cllr Falaza Mdaka, during the district mayoral Imbizo recently held at the Masia Ha-Vhangani community ground last Friday.

In what appears to be a strategic move to prevent him from joining the new Congress of the People Party (COPE), the President of South Africa, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, recently appointed the MEC for Transport in Limpopo, Mr Justice Piitso, as the new ambassador to Cuba.

To lead a congregation, one needs to get more knowledge. That was the reason why a Limpopo pastor decided to further his studies and received a Doctorate in Divinity from the Masters International School of Divinity, based in Indiana in the USA.

A 61-year-old Beit Bridge man, charged with bestiality after having sex with a donkey as punishment for grazing in his field, was fined Z$4 million or two months in jail.

The mayor of the Musina Local Municipality, Cllr Caroline Mahasela, is calling on indigent students who would like to further their studies at tertiary institutions next year to apply for municipal bursaries.

As a result of the fact that the provincial executive committee (PEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) has recalled five of the mayors in Limpopo, Ms Mavhungu Luruli was appointed the mayor of Makhado Municipality with effect from December 1.