A group of 29 inspired young Americans are bringing new hope to the deprived community of Mpeni near Elim, with their assistance in the erection of a church building for the community.

Gedink voorvalle van mense wat brandstof ingooi en dan wegjaag gebeur net aan die Rand? Dink weer …

Inwoners van Louis Trichardt kan maar vir die volgende week weer die wateremmers uithaal en die boorgate gereed hou.

Die Soutpansberg Belastingsbetalersvereniging (SBBV) gaan ‘n dispuut verklaar met die Makhado Munisipaliteit. Hierdie ingrypende besluit is Donderdag (17de) geneem tydens ‘n spesiale algemene vergadering van die SBBV in die Ferdie Beyerssaal op Louis Trichardt.

Die Makhado Munisipale Raad blyk ietwat bekommerd te wees rondom EDI (Electricity Distribution Industry) Holdings se voorgenome landswye herstrukturering van elektrisiteitsverskaffing. In effek beteken dit dat elektrisiteitsverskaffing binne die munisipale area oorgeneem sal word deur ‘n streeksverskaffer, oftewel RED 6 (Regional Electricity Distributor).

Die Limpopo vroue-hokkiespan, bestaande uit spelers van Phalaborwa, Tzaneen en Louis Trichardt, het by die onlangse Suid Afrikaanse Buitedistrik (South African Country District) toernooi in Witrivier gewys dat Limpopo ‘n provinsie is waarmee rekening gehou moet word. Sewe spanne, waaronder KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng-Noord, Noordwes, Mpumalanga en KZN Binneland, het aan hierdie uitmergelende toernooi oor ses dae by Uplands College deelgeneem.

People with mental handicaps are mostly marginalized in our society because they constitute a minority group. Everybody knows someone who has some sort of mental disability, but unless this person is related to one in some way, most people tend to delegate them to the category of “Uncomfortable to be around” or something similar. The result is that they become isolated and their needs are ignored in society, but for some people in Limpopo, this can change.

So why should residents of the Soutpansberg visit the Northern Gateway Show from August 28 to 30 at the local show grounds? Well, for one, thousands of rands of prizes are up for grabs in any one of the many competitions hosted during the show.

A forum for leopard management has just been set up to help conserve leopards in the northern Limpopo Province.

Die Demokratiese Alliansie (DA) is betrokke by pogings om die menseregteskendings deur President Mugabe van Zimbabwe en sy trawante in die Wêreldhof te laat toets.

Twee vragmotorbestuurders uit Zimbabwe en ‘n polisieman van Waterpoort is dood in twee ongelukke waarin verskeie swaar voertuie betrokke was.

‘n Vermeende lid van die berugte guma-guma bende wat langs die Limpoporivier bedrywig is, is deur die SAPD op ‘n plaas naby Musina aangekeer.