A 76-year-old granny from Tshikwarani Village outside Louis Trichardt put up an unparalleled, spirited fight that saw her thwart efforts by a 32-year-old suspect who attempted to rape her, following the rejection of his proposal for sex.

Police in Musina arrested five suspects, two of them foreigners from Zimbabwe, following the interception of their 3-ton bakkie, which was loaded with several cartons of cigarettes valued at R1.5 million, allegedly smuggled through the Beit Bridge border post.

The MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, Mr Collins Chabane, officially opened the Hubyeni Shopping Mall at Elim on Friday evening.

Police in Musina have opened an inquest, following the discovery of the remains of a suspected illegal immigrant from Zimbabwe at a farm outside Musina.

Three Zimbabwean illegal immigrants, accused of fatally stabbing their 18-year-old colleague before dumping his body along the N1 Highway about 2 km outside the Beitbridge Border Post, appeared at Musina magistrate’s court on Friday (30 March).

Two young men, Peter Mathebula (21), of Foskor settlement in the Phalaborwa area, and Lucky Dankie Dzambukeri (23), of Mashinyane village, received long jail sentences in the Tzaneen High Court last Friday.

Despite heavy rainfall, multitudes of people gathered at Tshimbupfe-Dindela, in the Vuwani area, to witness the long overdue coronation of Headman Ntsieni Norman Netshimbupfe on Saturday.

Limpopo’s MEC for Education, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the government has put aside more money for the improvement of mathematics, science and technology in the education fraternity.

A local optometrist, who is also an evangelist of Armed 4 Harvest Ministries, with a similar name to a man arrested for the attempted ritual murder in Shayandima a fortnight ago, approached Mirror this week to clear his name.

"I have nothing to do with this serial killer. Release him and arrest my father, because he is the one who killed my mother and removed her body parts for muti-purposes. I want my mother’s body parts now!" yelled Tshifhiwa Thinandavha (18), the eldest son of ritual murder victim Shonisani Thinandavha (38) of Mulodi village, north of Thohoyandou.

A part-time gardener went to his workplace, allegedly stabbed his employee’s wife to death and vanished into thin air. This is the sad end for Mrs Ishrat Fazal, a 33-year-old Pakistani national who was staying at Vuwani.

Die bestuur van die MAC Messina Rugbyklub onder leiding van mnr. Follie van Zyl, president van die MAC Messina Rugbyklub, kan met trots sê dat hulle tweede aanbieding van die jaarlikse Grenfell Rugbydag op Saterdag, 24 Maart, 2007, ‘n reuse sukses was.