An alert Musina policeman, Const Ramayane, arrested two suspects, a 32-year-old South African and a 24-year-old illegal Zimbabwean immigrant after intercepting their vehicle, an Isuzu bakkie, which was loaded with a huge consignment of copper wire stashed in several mealie-meal bags, police said.

The two suspects who recently brutally murdered a 28 year-old South Africa man by stabbing him with a knife before robbing him of R50 at Dumba Village near Beitbridge town in Zimbabwe, were each sentenced to an effective 15 years in jail on Tuesday.

The chairperson of the Limpopo Youth Commission, Ndumi Vho-Rodgers Tshivhase, expressed his dissatisfaction this week about the lack of dedicated focus on youth programmes by certain government departments and municipalities across the province.

The former chief whip of the Makhado Municipality and now the provincial manager responsible for special projects in the Department of Economic Development, Environmental and Tourism, Mr Moses Tseli, was hijacked at Tshisaulu at about 22:00 last Saturday night.

They screamed in pain as the flames burnt their flesh. They tried to run away but the unstoppable fire mercilessly consumed their flesh until their bodies were reduced to ashes. One body was found in the lounge whereas another tiny body was found in the bathroom.

‘n Opspraakwekkende en deeglike stuk navorsing in verband met die rioolprobleme van die dorp is deur die Soutpansberg Belastingbetalersvereniging (SBBV) bekendgemaak.

Copper wire thieves are at it again and, judging by the most recent theft over the weekend, it is clear that they are becoming bolder by the minute.

Die flink optrede van beamptes van Royal Security het verlede Donderdag, 2 Augustus, gelei tot die arrestasie van ‘n vermeende koperdraaddief.

‘n Eenvoudige, maar belangrike waaierband breek en munisipale rompslomp kan verhinder dat dit vinnig vervang word. Wat gebeur as peperduur pompe by pompstasies dringend vervang moet word?

Strong reaction came after Council officially resolved to embark on its name change process.

‘n Paar inwoners is hierdie week uit van hul swaarverdiende geld bedrieg in wat deur baie beskryf word as die beste en mees oorspronklike slenter tot op hede.

The development of the sensitive Green Belt area has been called off for the time being. A moratorium was placed on any agreement until such time as Council has obtained legal advice.