He so desperately wanted fun that he even defied his mother, venturing into the night, straight to a local tavern.

The glitter that is associated with Valentine’s Day is fast becoming history; many attribute this to the economy of the country.

Last Wednesday, a day before the so-called Lover´s Day, Ha-Maelula Village witnessed bloody domestic violence when a 24-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 23-year-old girlfriend several times until she collapsed.

"People must fight against crime, rape, robbery and domestic violence and must aim to destroy this demon that is destroying our communities," said the station commissioner of Siloam Police, Sr Supt Romero van Niekerk, during the crime awareness campaign held at Khalavha last Friday.

"He was still too young to die; but greedy death has swallowed him," cried one of the mourners during the funeral service of Chief Nngadzimeni Edward Sundani, who died a fortnight ago, after a long illnesses.

The body of a 20-year-old male, suspected to be an illegal immigrant from Zimbabwe, was found floating in the Limpopo River, police have said.

Five illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe were killed while eight others were seriously injured after a SAPS truck they were traveling in was involved in an accident along the N1 highway between Musina and the Beitbridge border post.

The joy could be cut with a knife in Mukula as village girl Nyelisani Sidimela, who made history when she survived an attack by ritual murderers, came home from hospital.

‘n Nuwe maatskappy wat die meterlesings vir die munisipaliteit gaan doen, kan dalk verligting bring vir sommige van die aanhoudende probleme met elektrisiteitsrekeninge.

‘n Nuwe bedrog-slenter het die Soutpansberg Dorpswag, die SAPD, sowel as die GPF (Gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum) in rep en roer, deurdat daar valslik geld ingesamel word vir ‘n beweerde bosskoonmaak projek waarby die drie groepe gesamentlik betrokke sou wees.

A 19-year-old Zimbabwean woman successfully gave birth to a baby daughter, with the help of three police women, while they waited for the emergency services to arrive.

Die woordvoerder van die Makhado Munisipaliteit het hierdie week antwoorde gegee op vrae wat gestel is na aanleiding van probleme met die hantering van tjeks.