A serious shortage of mealie meal looms in Musina as scores of hungry Zimbabweans have descended on the border town where they are reportedly buying in bulk, leaving local shops with limited supplies.

Fifteen unknown people received a dignified burial at the Mbaleni cemetery last Monday morning.

The Thohoyandou police are investigating two culpable homicide cases arising from incidents in the area a fortnight ago.

A remote rural municipality, which laboured tirelessly in seeing that its towns are kept clean, finally got the recognition it deserved when it received a big trophy for being the most improved municipality in a provincial competition for the cleanest town.

Ms Dikeledi Magadzi, MEC for Agriculture in the Limpopo Province, has urged farmers in the province to be organized and group themselves into co-operatives in order to access assistance from government.

The new breakaway party, Congress of the People, announced its serious intentions to win elections in Mopani, Limpopo Province and South Africa during a media briefing session at the High Grove Lodge in Tzaneen last Friday.

The municipal manager of the Makhado Municipality is claiming R150 000 in damages from the Zoutpansberger and its sister paper, the Limpopo Mirror, after they reported on allegations of corruption and nepotism earlier this year. She also claims R200 000 from the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) for defamation of character.

Orals waar welkome reën die naweek geval het, word dankbaarheid en verligting uitgespreek. Noord van die Soutpansberg raak die situasie egter kritiek.

A municipal worker, Mr Wilson Mpilo (51), employed in the electricity department of the Makhado Municipality, was accidentally electrocuted over the weekend when he was assisting in the reparation of an electricity line struck by lightning. Mr Mpilo was an electrical assistant at the time of his death.

Former resident of Louis Trichardt and well-known cyclist Henco Nel (28) died suddenly on Wednesday last week in London where he has been living and working for the last few years.

Mr James Wright, a well-known farmer from Waterpoort, passed away on November 6 in the Zoutpansberg Private Hospital, due to heart failure. He was 79 years old.

Regular employees of the Makhado Municipality will be receiving their annual bonuses, while the so-called Section 57 employees have not been evaluated yet and therefore do not know whether they will receive their performance bonuses.