The village of Makhasa made a breakthrough when residents managed to help arrest a notorious criminal in the early hours of last Saturday.

Mr Prince Manzere (38) of Mutshenzheni, near Dzimauli, is an angry man. A messenger of the court, Manzere says his anger is fuelled by the fact that he received shoddy treatment from members of the Makuya SAPS.

The three notorious armed robbers who allegedly robbed a South African tourist on a visit to Zimbabwe of R3 000, Z$130 million and a bag containing clothes and other valuables and an undisclosed amount in US dollars at gunpoint along Beitbridge-Masvingo Road, appeared in court on Monday.

After residents of the Sinthumule and Kutama area have been complaining about the shortage of water in their respective areas, the Vhembe District Municipality has stepped in to address the matter.

A man climbed onto the roof of a house and fired a shot straight down at the sofa where the owner of the house used to sit. Fortunately, Mr Nthetsheleseni Tshikovha (37) of Maniini, near Thohoyandou, was not sitting on the sofa on the night of the incident, otherwise the bullet would have gone through his head and killed him instantly. As if that was not enough, two shots were also fired at his home during the night.

The rural communities of Rammbuda Territorial Authority interacted with the Deputy-President of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, when she visited them last week Friday.

Limpopo’s youngest alleged human parts merchant, Lucky Simango, made some startling claims when he appeared in Malamulele Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Timothy Amos Muhwandavaka (21) is Woensdag, 3 Oktober, 35 jaar gevangenisstraf opgelê in die streekhof op Louis Trichardt nadat hy skuldig bevind is op ‘n string klagte.

Although news of the mining giant Rio Tinto’s interest in the possibility of coal mining within the Waterpoort farming community caused great concern amongst farmers, the message from Rio Tinto is clearly not to panic, as there is still a lot to be done before a coal mine could become a reality.

The "hideous" and "untransparent" process of changing the name of Louis Trichardt should be terminated immediately and the process should start afresh, warned the Chairperson’s Association this week.

Die Soutpansberg Toerisme- en Bemarkingsvereniging (Soutpansberg Tourism and Marketing Association) het besluit om te ontbind.

‘n Enkelouer van Louis Trichardt, die 34-jarige mev. Elize Joubert, het haar verlede Woensdag, 10 Oktober, skielik vrou-alleen tussen sowat 50 verdagtes by die plaaslike polisieselle bevind, nadat sy by haar werk gearresteer is oor ‘n beweerde "onbetaalde" verkeerskaartjie.