"Just like a library on fire, so is the death of an elderly woman," said one of the mourners at the funeral of ANC stalwart Mrs Triphinah Ndhimandhi.

They say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and conversely, police at Mutale had a time to make merry with their families and members of the community.

An ANC ward councilor in the Greater Giyani Municipality, Cllr Elias Ngoveni (49), is currently in the police holding cells for allegedly stealing cattle belonging to the speaker of the Limpopo Legislature, Dr Tshenuwani Farisani.

It seems as if the evil act of vandalizing school property is not yet out of fashion for certain residents of Madombidzha Zone Two.

A 28-year-old South African man suffered a temporary setback when his car had its 40 liters of fuel drained by some unknown suspects, resulting in his getting stranded while he was relieving himself in a bushy area along the Beitbridge-Masvingo road in Zimbabwe.

When the man arrested in connection with the attack on the eight-year-old Fortune Khumalo´s appeared in court last week, there was much anticipation from those who attended to see the man he had implicated, but they were disappointed to learn that the man was dead.

Two grade R learners’ lives came to an unpleasant end when they drowned in a chemical-filled cattle dip on their way home from school on Monday afternoon.

De Beers Venetia Mine donated educational toys to various Early Childhood Development (EDC) Centres within the Blouberg and Musina areas. The presentation took place at the Musina Nancefield municipal offices last Wednesday.

The community around Sinthumule and Kutama and members of the United African Apostolic Church flocked in large numbers to witness and pay their last respects to granny Tshinyelo Dora Muzila who was considered the world’s oldest person over the weekend.

A 14-year-old boy from Tshikuwi area in Mphephu was arrested for allegedly raping his six-year-old sister while their mother was asleep, police have said.

Two Zimbabwean police officers in Beitbridge, together with two other members of the Zimbabwe National Army, were charged yesterday for allegedly extorting R450 from a suspected cigarette smuggler.

The Zwashu indigenous and cultural dance organisation showed generosity when it adopted Shudufhadzo Thangavhuelelo of Matanda. Shudufhadzo was presented with R1 000 to purchase a school uniform and groceries.