A new kind of robbery is taking Thohoyandoyu town by storm. The latest victim is a self-employed hawker and mother of two, Matodzi Mukhumo (31) from Maungani near Thohoyandou, who was robbed of her cell phone, a Motorolla C139, on Tuesday last week.

Police in the Tshamutumbu area have arrested a local commercial safari operator, his son and seven game rangers employed at the farm for allegedly savagely assaulting two Zimbabweans before leaving them for dead in a bushy area in Waterpoort.

A joint venture between Solly’s Discount World, Mavu Management Services and Makhado Cycle Center put a smile on the faces of farm workers in Levubu, when 65 bicycles, worth more than R40 000, were distributed among farm workers of Mavu Management Services.

Members of the police’s organized crime unit nabbed two Home Affairs officials at Ha-Magau village last Tuesday, for allegedly soliciting a huge bribe from an Indian man who wanted a marriage certificate.

Workers of the Makonde Raedani shopping complex were greeted by a gruesome discovery on Saturday. One of their counterparts, Pinto Mbewe (50), was found lying dead with gaping wounds to his head.

It took two days for a team of 10 highly experienced divers to retrieve the bodies of two of the three Indian men who drowned at Nandoni Dam on Saturday. Shuaib (32), Mehboob (26) and Mohsin (20), all from the prominent Patel business family, were having fun in the deep waters when they lost control of their Jetski water bike, resulting in the tragedy that shocked the whole of South Africa.

A young man’s left ear was sliced off during what he calls a failed attempted ritual murder attack at Muledane Block J, near Thohoyandou, last week.

515 Squadron is a South African Air Force (SAAF) Protection element situated at Air Force Base (AFB) Makhado. In addition to its daily safeguarding tasks, 515 Squadron also take pride in their social responsibility program.

Foutiewe munisipale water- en elektrisiteitsrekeninge is besig om inwoners van Makhado (Louis Trichardt) al hoe meer raadop en moedeloos te maak.

Organized agriculture reacted with outrage to increases in tariffs for water from government water schemes and water resource management.

‘n Prominente inwoner van Makhado (Louis Trichardt) het haar geskaam vir die haglike toestand van die munisipale lughawe hier toe sy vlieëniers en televisie-aanbieders by die lughawe moes ontmoet.

"Ek dank die Here ek leef - ek het ‘n tweede kans gekry."