Twelve teams in the jurisdiction of the Vhembe District Municipality will compete in the Vhembe District Mayoral Tournament next weekend. The tournament was officially launched during a ceremony that was held at the Thohoyandou Indoor Sports Centre last Wednesday evening.

Well known traditional leader Vho Thovhele Midiyavhathu Tshivhase called on all members of 15 SAI Battalion to support the newly appointed commander. Tshivhase was speaking during a military parade marking the change of command to Lt Col Nditsheni Singo from Lt Col Jack Raselomane at Maunavhathu on Friday.

The communication officer of the Vuwani police, Insp Elijah Malatjie, hailed the 21-year jail sentence meted out to a man convicted of murder by the Thohoyandou High Court as a deterrent.

The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Vhembe has issued a media statement, in which the members insist that the squabbling between the various factions inside the Makhado Municipality is seriously influencing service delivery to the people on the ground. The organization insists that the mayor, municipal manager and chief whip resign immediately.

The mayor of the Musina Local Municipality, Cllr Caroline Mahasela, announced a R96, 9 million budget for the 2008/9 financial year on Friday night (13 June).

The first Community Development Workers Programme Road show in the Vhembe District took place at the Lesley Manyathela Stadium in Musina last Tuesday.

Allegations are rife that government resources were used in the purchase of Premier Sello Moloto´s T-shirts for the ANC leadership campaign.

In what could be seen as a show of unity in the taxi industry and concern for safety amongst taxi drivers, thousands of drivers, owners and concerned members of the community converged at the Azwidohwi family homestead at Muledane outside Thohoyandou, to pay their last respects to the well-known slain taxi driver.

Two people died a terrible death when a hungry and raging fire devoured them.

The incident happened at Ha Mutsha-Tshiluvhi on Sunday evening, when a child, Unarine (one and half years old) and his father, Jonathan Raidimi (32), were reduced to ashes. It is still unclear at this stage how the fire started.

Thukhutha Football Club have booked a place in the quarter-final state of the prestigious Bindulavhathu KO competition by booting out Maha Flying Gunners in their equally contested match that was played at the Bergvlam Stadium on Sunday.

Thousands of the boys in the five districts of Limpopo are expected to participate in the activities at initiation schools, starting from tomorrow (Saturday) and continuing until July 20.

The Thulamela municipality, in conjunction with the SABC´s Phalaphala and Munghana Lonene FM, had a successful environmental campaign launch at Thohoyandou and Malamulele last Thursday and Friday.