The DA appealed to a Member of Parliament to have the Special Council meeting of April 12, where the Makhado Council decided to restart the name-change process, declared as unprocedural.

Louis Trichardt police managed to foil an attempted cash-in-transit heist on Monday and arrested five heavily armed suspects at the taxi rank in Eltivillas.

Makhado Councillors shouted down all those who tried to appose the "gigantic ANC’s" decision to restart the process of renaming the town of Louis Trichardt.

"Dit was blatante moord, nie roof nie!" So het ‘n familielid gereageer na die moord op me. Susan Bristow (54) by haar plaaswoning in die Witvlag-omgewing Sondagaand (15de).

The generous and unselfish assistance of many people in the Soutpansberg and in Canada spurred author Charles Leach on to complete the publishing of his first book ...of a lion and Eagle.

Rated the best race in South Africa by cyclist, the P&L Hardware Cycling Club from Louis Trichardt is once again gearing up to host the annual Powerade Kremetart One-Day Stage Race.

‘n Jong plaaslike atleet, Jeanne-Mari Viviers, wat vir Gauteng-Noord deelneem, het puik presteer op die jongste Suid-Afrikaanse Kampioenskappe vir fisies-gestremde atlete. Die byeenkoms is verlede week in Germiston afgehandel.

Die Albasinidam se vlak staan op 46.24% soos op Dinsdag, 10 April, gemeet. Twee weke gelede was die damvlak nog onder die 46%.

‘n Bekende inwoner van Louis Trichardt is van beide vaders- en moederskant afstammelinge van die trekkerleier Louis Tregardt (aanvanklike spelling) na wie die dorp vernoem is.

Twee sigaretsmokkelaars is verlede week swaar vonnisse deur die streekhof op Louis Trichardt opgelê, nadat hulle in twee afsonderlike gevalle met onwettige sigarette ter waarde van etlike duisende rande in hul besit betrap is. In beide gevalle is die smokkelaars ook hul voertuie kwyt.

Concern is rising over what many describe as the blatant fanning of racial tension with regard to a planned picket at the Waterpoort police station by a women’s group calling themselves the Progressive Women’s Movement of South Africa (PWMSA).

Derick Leo (43) en Joey (47) Victor, die egpaar van Musina wat teregstaan op ‘n klag van die vervaardiging en verspreiding van kinderpornografie, het op Dinsdag, 3 April, weer in die streekhof in Louis Trichardt verskyn.