The acting director of Public Relations and Development at Univen, Mr Dzuguda Kharidzha, said the R10 000 they received from ABSA bank last week would be put to good use.

A senior magistrate in Hlanganani, Adv Tshifhiwa Maumela, has implored the community to be united in their fight against crime.

"Our country is full of opportunities and all of us can succeed in whatever we do as long as we strive and work hard in making our dreams a reality. You can start your own small business today, making clay pots, selling wild vegetables and wooden spoons and within a short space of time you will never be the same. Your unexplored skills can take you far and your life could change for the better."

A Zimbabwean customs clearing agent based in Beit Bridge, who allegedly attempted to smuggle a consignment of illegal cigarettes worth about R100 000 into South Africa through the Beitbridge border post, appeared in court on Monday.

Two Zimbabwean police officers at Beitbridge, together with two members of the Zimbabwe National Army, accused of allegedly extorting R450 from a suspected cigarette smuggler, who allegedly intended to smuggle the contraband into South Africa, had their charges withdrawn due to a lack of evidence.

"Oh, God is great! He does not forget his own children". Those were the words of Nancy Siweya, the mother of Fortune Khumalo of Jilongo, after receiving a gift for the family from a well-known Thohoyandou businessman.

South Africa has, with immediate effect, relaxed some of the stringent visa requirements for Zimbabweans intending to enter the country, following talks between the two governments, Mirror has established.

Due to the continuing spate of incidents of school violence in certain parts of the country that is getting out of hand, the Tshilwavhusiku SAPS recently visited Maneledzi Secondary School as a way of maintaining a crime-free learning area.

A young woman of Madombidzha in the Sinthumule area gave birth on the back of a bakkie last Sunday, due to the alleged negligence of nurses at a local clinic.

The wife of an ANC councillor and two alleged hitmen were arrested last week in connection with the assassination attempt on Thulamela Municipality´s Ward 17 ANC councillor, Alpheus Mmbudzeni Mulandana (54) of Dzwerani. He was shot and critically injured in an incident a fortnight ago.

Ladies Circle 4, Louis Trichardt, is tans besig met ‘n fondsinsameling projek vir die aankoop van ‘n gemotoriseerde rolstoel vir bekende plaaslike inwoner Johan Seegers.

Die kwessie rondom selfmoord is nou weer onder bespreking na die dood van Heath Ledger en die skokkende nuus van 13 jongmense in Suid-Wallis, Brittanje, wat onder aanmoediging van mekaar almal binne ‘n jaar selfmoord gepleeg het.