Millions of rands worth of damage was caused when the only Nando’s outlet in the Thulamela municipal area was completely gutted by a mysterious fire last weekend.

Two families were left without shelter at Bungeni Nwamhandzi village last Thursday, after fire destroyed their houses.

The family of a four-month-old baby girl who passed away at the Elim Hospital last Thursday is accusing the nurses of negligence which led to the death of their little girl.

The body of Walter Mungoni, who drowned in the Nandoni Dam almost a week ago, has finally been found and retrieved.

Mystery still surrounds the recent discovery of a dead goat, dressed in women’s clothes, at the gate of a yard in Mandala.

The incident has left villagers alleging that it was a vengeful act of witchcraft and fingered a Zimbabwean man whose lover and a child were taken and allegedly given to another man in the village.

Voorbereidings vir die inbetaling van belastingbetalers se totale rekening in ‘n trustrekening gaan onverpoosd voort. ‘n Dispuut met die Makhado Munisipaliteit is op die 26 Augustus vanjaar deur die Soutpansberg Belastingbetalersvereniging (SBBV) verklaar en die munisipaliteit is tot die einde van September 2008 gegun om te reageer.

Mnr Herman Smith, voorsitter van die Soutpansberg Belastingbetalersvereniging (SBBV), het die volgende reaksie gehad op die jongste kabel- en toerustingdiefstal die afgelope naweek, wat die dorp weer vir dae lank sonder water gelaat het:

Meer as 150 vlugtelinge wat by die Jesuïete Vlugteling Diens op Louis Trichardt vir hul weeklikse hulprantsoene kom toustaan het, moes Maandag teleurgesteld, honger en desperaat onverrigtersake omdraai, nadat die diens se gebou die afgelope naweek onder inbrekers deurgeloop het.

Die wet van Transvaal … Wie sou nou kon dink dat besighede duisende rande ekstra per jaar sal moet opdok vir daardie tikkie luistergenot wat hulle vir kliënte op hul sakepersele bied?

‘God did not make a mistake to give us different cultural communities. Together we can build a rich future if we respect our history and guard over our cultural heritage,” said Councillor M P Nxumalo, member of the Shangaan Royal Council.

In wat as een van die hartseerste weke in ‘n lang tyd vir die plaaslike gemeenskap beskou kan word, is nog ‘n jong inwoner se lewe beëindig in ‘n voertuigongeluk. Johan Nel (36) is Maandag in ‘n grusame botsing naby Brits in die Noordwes provinsie dood. Sy dood volg enkele dae na die ongeluk wat twee jong inwoners se lewens op die Bluegumspoortpad geëis het.

The Makhado mayor, Cllr Glory Mashaba, vehemently denied interfering with the municipality’s administrative processes this week. This follows allegations made by local DA councillor Jacques Smalle in a press statement that Mashaba and a fellow councillor, Cllr TJ Mudau, had interfered with the municipality’s administrative process with regard to the appointment of human resources within the municipality. The Municipal Systems Act clearly states that such interferences are unlawful.