Although they lost to the Western Cape side, Mbekweni Cosmos, in the finals, the representatives for the Limpopo Province, Manenzhe Liverpool, came back from the SAB League national play-offs tournament with pride. The annual tournament was staged at the Galishewe Stadium in Kimberly, Northern Cape, last week.

As a pastor of the Christian Restoration Church, Albert Raphunga’s responsibilities do not end with preaching in church. A teacher at Marude Secondary School for Science, Commerce and Technology in Thohoyandou, Raphunga recently made headlines when his school presented him with a special trophy for being the best English teacher.

Vhembe is one of the fastest economically emerging districts in South Africa and it boasts some of the best and young entrepreneurs, who can compete with their counterparts in the world.

Gifts were showering like summer rain during the graduation celebration of Supt Ailwei Mushavhanamadi of the Limpopo police at the weekend.

The police in the Mopani area are investigating a case of arson, following the death of five people, including a one-year-old child, in a burning hut. The incident took place at the Mekgoloboto Village in Ritavi outside Tzaneen on Sunday night.

Nyelisani Tsumbedzo (18) of Ngovhela Village in the Madamalala area will spend the next ten year behind the bars. His rape case was finalised in the Thohoyandou High Court last Friday. The incident that led to the case took place at the accused’s home on September 26, 2004.

A resident of Shayandima township, Ndzudzeni Lucky Siavhe (26), was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Thohoyandou High Court last Friday for raping his own sister. The incident relating to the case took place during the night of 15 February last year.

"What has gone wrong with the moral fibre of this society? Is the cause of this death love of money or greed? Are we not making enough noise to be heard when we say that enough is enough? Deaths of this nature are pre-planned and some of the community members know what will happen. Why don’t they inform the victims what will happen next? For how long are we going to keep quiet while our people are killed on a daily basis?"

Being one of the youngest universities in the country, the University of Venda can easily adapt to any given academic situation in the global world and there is evidence to show that the university has fared much better in the last 25 years in comparison to its peers, despite its youthfulness.

The Makhado Municipality came under criticism, for allegedly reversing the purchase of Erf 4633 in Extension 8 in Makhado Park.

The Vuwani magistrate’s court nearly turned into a protest field last Wednesday, when three suspects appeared in connection with the suspected ritual murder of Joyce Nyadzani Muedi (44) of Hamutsha-Khwekhwe.

The National Constituency Whip in the Cape Town Parliament, the honourable Richard Baloyi, officially opened the Lambani Parliamentary Constituency office at Mutshetshe Presidential School, outside Thohoyandou, last Friday.