To reduce the escalating rate of crime in the Vhulaudzi area, the MEC for Safety and Security, Ratshivhanda Ndou, opened the new satellite police station at Tshitavha village last Thursday.

Two Zimbabwean detectives who were facing charges of theft and assaulting the wife of a man they suspected to have broken into a car belonging to a South African tourist were on Monday, fined Z$100 (revalued) or 30 days in prison.

Life will never be the same for the Rikhotso siblings at Homu village outside Giyani after a brand new house was handed to them during a ceremony last Sunday.

A cool wind hisses through the half-open scraggy wooden door, allowing sunset rays to sneak into the tiny rondavel and create a golden glow.

Happiness could easily be read on the faces of exhibitors who were honoured by the Musina Municipality for their outstanding and impressive stall arrangement skills.

Hundreds of mourners converged at the Netshamavhu family homestead at Mapate outside Thohoyandou to pay their last respects to a fallen community builder and a respected family man, Mr Tshimangadzo Netshamavhu.

Kgaugelo Mabetha, a three-month-old baby who was born without limbs, received a new lease on life, after the SABC in Limpopo donated R35 000 towards her well-being.

“I want to put it straight to the community that I am not a ghost. I am really alive,” said the 51-year-old Joseph Mulamu of Gogobole Village in the Sinthumule area, who had been reported dead by his family in April 2006.

Hundreds of mourners, including learners from Marholeni Secondary School at Njakanjanjaka Village, gathered at Basani (Mtsetweni) cemetery on Sunday to bury a local Grade 9 pupil.

Granny Masindi Muronga is thanking God for having saved her from certain death, after surviving what she alleges was definitely a ritual murder attempt.

She claims she had gone to a toilet when a group of men wanted to grab her for her private parts, but through a stroke of luck she slipped from their evil net and dashed into the night with them in hot pursuit.

Louis Trichardt’s Coca-Cola 20/20 challenge drew to an exciting close on Sunday, July 28, with Limpopo Dairy managing to snatch victory away for the Indian XI with a mere two balls to spare in their allotted overs.

Growing in popularity, the annual Akkedis Mountain Bike Challenge once again lived up to expectations over the past weekend at the Schoemansdal EEC (Environmental Education Centre) outside Louis Trichardt.