A 41-year-old father has been detained for impregnating his own daughter.

Several readers reacted during the past week on the Louis Trichardt-Makhado name controversy.

Nearly 50 students of Mchebeko Skills Competency College were treated for suspected food poisoning at Tshilidzini Hospital on Tuesday. Luckily, no one died but two of them were in a stable but critical condition at the hospital at the time of going to press.

The executive committee of the Makhado Municipality has taken a resolution to restart the process of renaming the town of Louis Trichardt back to Makhado once again. The resolution was taken during the council´s special meeting held at the council chambers last Thursday.

Dynamic and vibrant ... That is the phrase that members of the P&L Hardware Cycling Club like to use to describe themselves and the races they present.

"Life really begins at 70" seems to be the motto of retired schoolteacher Casper Makhuba, who received a printed copy of his latest publication Nhlalala (Honeybird) - an anthology of Xitsonga poems with introductory principles of poetry studies for students and teachers in Grades 8 and 9, this week. The anthology is published by Hibbard and officially prescribed by the Department of Education.

Ons land is besig om kunsfees-mal te raak! Uit die uithoeke van Suid-Afrika kom mens te hore van die talle kunsfeeste soos die Kierieklapperfees, die Wortelfees op Krugersdorp, Inniebos op Nelspruit, Aardklop en die KKNK. Inwoners van die Soutpansberg kan egter ook nou hul vere begin regskud vir Louis Trichardt se eie kunsfees, die Zoutpansbergse Kuns- en Kultuurfees.

"All I want is my Pekingese doggie back," says a distressed owner of a precious sleeve Pekingese that was allegedly stolen from its yard in Rissik Street.

Musina police have arrested two suspected cigarette smugglers after about R1,4 million worth of illegal cigarettes was discovered in a warehouse on a farm just outside this border town.

Three young men each received five-year prison sentences or a fine of R10 000 after being found guilty of culpable homicide in the Louis Trichardt Regional Court on Tuesday.

"As ‘n mens nie in so iets was nie, besef jy nie werklik wat die mense rondom jou beteken nie – mense van alle bevolkingsgroepe. Hulle was en is steeds wonderlik goed vir ons. Ons waardeer Louis Trichardt. Dit is ‘n wonderlike dorp met wonderlike mense," sê die bekende plaaslike sake-egpaar André en Petro van den Berg.

Die gemeenskap het ‘n belangrike kans om insette in die munisipale begroting te lewer.