The Musina Municipality introduced its Strategic Plan for the coming financial year, which starts in July 2008. Senior municipal officials presented their plans before the council, which is the highest decision-making body, at the weekend.

"He is my husband. Please give me his body, I want to give him a dignified funeral." That is the sad plea made by Ms Sarah Nemauluma, whose husband vanished without trace almost a year ago.

The Soutpansberg Ratepayers Association issued a media alert to all property owners in the jurisdiction of the Makhado Municipality.

The Makhado Municipality reacted to the incident where the chairman of the Soutpansberg Rate Payers Association was chased from the Albasini water reticulation plant.

Wat presies behels belastingweerhouding? Hoe word dit toegepas? Wie kan belasting weerhou? Watter implikasies het dit vir inwoners en die munisipaliteit? Hierdie is sommige van die vrae wat ter sprake kom as mens begin praat van belastingweerhouding.

´n Sterk wind het Sondag, 20 April, groot skade veroorsaak vir ´n inwoner van Louis Trichardt.

Die twee Zimbabwiese mans, Leo Moyo (24) en Calvin Dube (25), wat aangekla is vir die aanval op die Van Rensburg-egpaar van Waterpoort in Junie 2006, is Vrydag, 4 April, elk tot 20 jaar gevangenisstraf gevonnis.

Following the success of last year´s kiddie´s race, Mike´s Kitchen and Bonaqua Kiddies Water have come on board to sponsor this year´s Kremetart Kiddies Race, organized by Archers Paints, on June 6 from 14:00 at Makhado Crossing.

´n Battery-aangedrewe rolstoel is die afgelope week op Louis Trichardt deur lede van Ladies Circle 4 aan ´n bekende inwoner, Johan Seegers, oorhandig.

Members from the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) took to the streets on Thursday, April 17, in protest of poor administration and service delivery at the Makhado Municipality.

Makhado municipal manager Ms Faith Muthambi said on Wednesday that she would prefer not to comment at this stage on the numerous allegations of, amongst others, tender fixing, financial mismanagement and nepotism being brought against her.

A mass feeding scheme for children in Tshikota got underway this week, when food was prepared and dished up on Sunday at a make-shift service point in the residential area to the west of Louis Trichardt.