Richard Madoba (36) van Mokomene is op 5 November in die streekhof op Louis Trichardt skuldig bevind aan moord. Sy mede-aangeklaagde, ‘n niggie van hom, is vroeër vrygelaat op dieselfde klag.

Teams that are affiliated to the Vhembe Stream of the SAB League have received a financial boost from a fuel-manufacturing company, Total South Africa. The sponsorship was officially launched during a ceremony that was held at Khoroni Hotel in Thohoyandou last Friday evening.

One or two of the players who will be part of the national soccer team to represent South African in the 2010 World Cup Tournament will be from the Olifantshoek-based Ten Stars Football Academy.

When parents send their children to school, they expect teachers to act as parents, and an example of those teachers still exists at Tiyani Secondary School at Magorho.

Rural learners in the Vhembe District will now be able to access the latest scientific laboratories, thanks to Nissan South Africa.

The general manager for Khoroni Casino Hotel, Mr Albert Eksteen, urged the community and mostly businesses to support education for children as an investment in the future of the country.

As a symbol of caring for the sick, learners of Makhado Comprehensive Secondary School handed out gifts to the patients of the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital a fortnight ago.

More than a hundred temporary jobs have been created after a Greening Project in Vhembe and Public Works Minister Geoff Doige officially launched Food for Waste in the Thulamela local municipality last week.

A well-known business man, his son and three other suspects appeared in court last Thursday on suspicion that they had caused the death the 30-year-old Solly Makhosa last Wednesday, because they believed that he had stolen a water pump at Maebane last Wednesday.

The community members of Masia Village in the Hlanganani area were left shocked and stunned when a pregnant woman was killed by a flying piece of corrugated iron during a heavy storm that destroyed or damaged more than 60 houses last Thursday.

According to a report, Mrs Mavis Rivombo was coming home from work when the heavy rain storm, accompanied by a surging wind, started. Near her home, she was hit by a piece of corrugated iron.

Professor Cornelis Roelofse, Head of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Venda, has been invited to delivery a paper on community policing in Brazil.

What are the prospects for residents of Louis Trichardt in terms of water supply to the town in the foreseeable future? Zoutpansberger contacted a few people to try and determine how soon the problems that have been plaguing the town over recent months will be addressed.