Omstanders het Saterdagmiddag, 21 April, met verwondering gestaan en kyk hoe die polisie, volgens die omstanders, versuim het om op te tree teen ‘n persoon wat ‘n plaaslike besigheidsman met ‘n vuurwapen gedreig het by sy sakeonderneming in Pretoriusstraat. Daar is ook na bewering ‘n skoot afgevuur.

Een van die bekendste plaaslike sportsterre, Marius (Galoop) Oosthuyse, wat vir baie jare ‘n prominente lid van die plaaslike rugbyklub was, is vandeesweek in die ouderdom van 39 jaar na ‘n kort siekbed oorlede.

Inwoners van Louis Trichardt staar weer ‘n ernstige watertekort in die gesig, terwyl andere in sekere dele van die dorp reeds sedert Maandag sonder water is.

The co-ordinator of HIV/Aids at the University of Venda, Mrs Azwihangwisi Mavhandu, encouraged residents of Tshiozwi, west of Louis Trichardt, to disclose their HI virus status to their relatives.

The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) is accusing the Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, of neglecting schools in the rural areas and townships.

A snake that terrorised villagers for the past week was finally killed at Tshikombani Village, west of Sibasa, at the weekend.

Prominent Limpopo entrepreneur Mr Tom Boya presented R5 000 to the Speaker of the Mutale Municipality, Cllr Maria Mamedzi, on Tuesday.

Fhumulani Gadisi (20) of Muhuyu Village happily went to Makawrela Home Affairs to apply for an ID in 2004. Her happiness turned into a nightmare when her ID was issued with a wrong surname in May 2004.

Three criminals were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for separate incidents by the Giyani and Phalaborwa Regional courts respectively, for different charges ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping and rape.

The residents of Hamakuya-Tshikalini were like confused sheep without a shepherd after the death of their beloved traditional leader, William Tshimangadzo Neluvhola, in 2004. But history was re-written on Friday when the energetic Nkhangweleni Patrick Neluvhola officially stepped into the boots of his late father.

The people of Limpopo should be proud because the Tshivhase Tea Estate produces the best quality tea in the world.

Imbizos should not be just gatherings where community members interact with the government. There must be monitoring teams that are set up to make sure that what has been said really becomes reality. This was the general view of community members who filled the Tshikombani Stadium to capacity when the Minister of Public Works, Thokho Didiza, visited the area on Wednesday last week.