Cable thieves struck twice over the past weekend, first at the no. 3 pump station near Ridgeway College on Friday night, and then at the main pump station next to the railway line early on Monday morning. The latter station was vandalized just two weeks ago, when thieves made off with about 17m of copper cable.

"Ek dink ek weet nou ook hoe die boere in Zimbabwe voel," het mnr. Barries Grobler van die plaas Tweefontein naby Louis Trichardt vandeesweek opgemerk, nadat skade van nagenoeg R100 000 in afsonderlike strooptogte binne die bestek van drie dae op die plaas aangerig is. Duur toerusting is afgebreek en vernietig om skrootmetaal te bekom.

Vrae bestaan rondom die regering se motiewe met die hou en hantering van die konsultasievergadering wat plaasgevind het rondom die voorgestelde wet op die onteiening van eiendomme by die Louis Trichardt Skouterrein op Maandag, 26 Mei.

Rural safety, and in particular the Firearm Control Act (FCA), received attention at the highest possible level last week, when president Thabo Mbeki was personally informed about serious flaws in the present state of affairs by a senior deputation of TAU SA. The president was formally requested to reconsider the FCA.

The Makhado Municipal Council came in for a severe reprimand last Saturday for what was described as arrogance and malicious conceit in instructing a contractor to move onto privately owned land to erect a housing project, without proper consultation with the lawful owners of the land.

Vir ´n tweede keer hierdie jaar rou die Soutpansberg-gemeenskap saam met ´n familie van Louis Trichardt wat ´n jong babaseuntjie aan die dood moes afstaan.

Almost all the local players who are trading their skills in the Absa Premiership League will be part of the annual Magaza All Stars road show next week.

A high-powered delegation of entrepreneurs from China recently visited Musina on a fact-finding mission to establish business ties with the local municipality.

The mayor of the Musina Local Municipality, Cllr Caroline Mahasela, shared the grief of five bereaved families in Nancefield, Harper Mine and Rwanda settlements last Friday.

Well-known traditional leader and chairperson of Contralesa in the Vhembe District Vho Thovhele Midiyavhathu Tshivhase made a passionate plea to all South Africans to stop the spiraling violence and attacks on foreign nationals that have claimed many lives so far.

A 25-year-old Zimbabwean security guard was allegedly shot dead by a South African, following a dispute over fuel, police have said.

Two residents of Siyandani Village, Abby Baloyi (29) and Ringeta Mabasa (30), briefly appeared in the Giyani magistrate´s court on Monday and Friday last week respectively, on charges of violation of graves. This follows several incidents of vandalism of tombstones which took place at the Siyandani graveyard three weeks ago.