A sick Limpopo granny, Ms Nkhesani Marhule, who fought for her life for about two weeks in the Malamulele Hospital, finally passed away.

"Even during the olden times of our ancestors, traditional healers were the pillars of strength for traditional leadership. Like traditional leadership, one is born to be a traditional healer and real traditional healers do not use body parts to cure people," said Thovhele Kennedy Midiyavhathu Tshivhase during the official launch of the Vhembe Traditional Healers Forum at Mukumbani, on Sunday.

The Tshivenda National Lexicography Unit (TNLU) held their annual general meeting at the University of Venda´s senate chambers on Friday last week.

The days of sleeping under a tree are over for a 78-year-old pensioner, Reginald Nthambeleni Mmbara of Miluwani, near Sibasa. This comes after the Thulamela Municipality handed him a house worth R40 000 on Wednesday last week.

Ndivhuwo Christopher Mphaphuli (24) of Muduluni village in the Kutama area will spend the next 20 years behind bars.

The fight against the abuse of women and children received a major boost when Tusk Venda Casino and Hotel and their business friends SAB and Infraburo joined hands and refurbished the Tshilidzini Trauma Centre.

The progress of the recovery plan at the University of Venda impressed Minister of Education Naledi Pandor and she promised to ask for more funds to support the University to help address the backlog in maintaining the physical infrastructure at the university’s campus.

The 24-year-old suspect in the attempted ritual murder case of the 8-year-old Fortune Khumalo, looked like a total stranger during his appearance at the Malamulele Magistrate’s Court last week.

While South Africa is celebrating 16 days of activism against the abuse of women and children, a lady who was forced out of the front seat of a taxi because the traffic cop said she was too fat to occupy the front seat, was awarded R50 000 in compensation by the court.

Another ousted traditional leader has publicly defied his dethronement and claims that he is still the chief of Muzuzungwaneni-Khalilale in Mbahela village, near Dzimauli.

Three male suspects were arrested by the Bandelierkop police on Tuesday morning, November 20 following the discovery of metal and copper wire hidden inside a freight truck.

A resident of Kruger Street got the surprise of his life when he woke up Tuesday morning only to find the wreckage of a vehicle lying in his yard.