Sportsmen and -women who did the province proud were honoured by Premier Sello Moloto during a glittering ceremony which was held in Polokwane last Saturday.

A senior provincial officer appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate´s Court on Monday last week, facing charges of drunken driving.

A large number of smiling residents of Kurhuleni outside Vuwani turned up to celebrate receiving electricity during the "Lights on" ceremony held at Ntsumele B last Saturday afternoon.

Three enterprising girls, all learners at Thohoyandou Technical High School, did what even established businesses are not able to do. They recently donated R1 000 to the family of an attempted ritual murder victim, Fortune Khumalo, who survived a ritual murderer´s sharp knife in August 2007.

The members of the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) was shocked last Wednesday (May 7) when they were informed about the manner in which placentas were destroyed, and of an aborted foetus found in a pit toilet of Khensani Clinic at Chavani Village in the Hlanganani area.

A 22-year-old Zimbabwean woman in Beit Bridge, who had dumped her newborn baby into a sewage pipe in Dulibadzimu, was sentenced to an effective six months in jail on Monday.

"This year, only the House of Traditional Leaders will be allowed to run initiation schools," said the chairperson of the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders, Khosi Vho-Vusani Netshimbupfe.

The Department of Health and Social Development remains under-funded, said Mr Seaparo Sekoati, MEC for Health and Social Development, when he delivered the department´s budget speech in the Limpopo Legislature on Friday.

A 30-year-old taxi driver, based in Musina, Mr AE Rammbuda, was allegedly shot dead by a motorist, following a scuffle over passengers.

Damage amounting to thousand of rands was reported when the student cafeteria at the University of Venda was gutted and the kitchen severely damaged by fire on Monday evening.

The Vuwani Science Resource Centre, under the auspices of the University of Venda, received a shot in the arm after Nissan SA made available R1,3 million for the enhancement of science and maths.

Die organiseerders van die Jacaranda 94.2 Catch-a-Million hengelkompetisie, met Solly´s Discount World van Louis Trichardt en Polokwane as borg, kan na afloop van ´n baie suksesvolle naweek beslis hulself op die skouers klop.