A war of words has erupted between Makonde Royal Council and Bishop Joseph Ramafamba who was acquitted on ritual murder charges by the Thohoyandou High Court last year.

Black Leopards are quickly becoming a sure bet for relegation following their unimpressive performance in their last four matches from which they managed to collect only one point. They lost 1-2 to Santos, 0-2 to Orlando Pirates (twice in a row) and drew 0-0 with Silver Stars.

A week after the national executive working committee of Sanco disbanded the provincial executive committees of the Gauteng and Limpopo Provinces, the provincial organising secretary, Mr James Delekisa, returned to politics.

Well-known Thohoyandou businessman Abdullah Patel wants community members to help him trace his cousin, Dukanwala Abdul Gafoor (40), who went missing on January 9, last year.

Wheelchairs and groceries are falling like summer rain for the sickly Thomas Shivhishi (38) of Makonde Village, whose plight was published by Mirror two weeks ago.

As part of their social responsibility programme, Tusk Venda Casino Hotel presented eight brand new Pentium 4 computers and two printers, worth R28 000, to three rural schools in the Vuwani area.

In a period of about 24 hours after an automatic teller machine (ATM) was bombed at Lwamondo Garage outside Thohoyandou last Saturday night, another similar incident took place at Hamaphalle Village in the Bolobedu area outside Tzaneen on Sunday morning at about 02:30.

A pastor’s wife allegedly burnt her husband’s car to ashes because she suspects that he is having an affair with another woman. Pastor Humbulani Edward Mashapha (38) of the Zion Apostolic Church in Sabbath watched in horror as his Mazda 323 went up in flames after his wife, Tirhani Jane Manganye (37), had set it on fire at their home in Haluvhimbi village, north of Thohoyandou, last week.

The Democratic Alliance expressed its grave concern last week about the fact that permanent councillors have been appointed in the Makhado Municipality Council without any specific job descriptions.

Ernstige kommer heers oor die veiligheid van kremetartbome langs die N1, nadat ‘n opname getoon het dat bome besig is om te vrek – vermoedelik weens die nawerking van onkruiddoder.

‘n Paar amptenare van die poskantoor op Makhado (Louis Trichardt) moes Vrydag, 26 Januarie, maar self sweet om die posbuslokaal oorkant die landdroshof weer in ‘n skaflike toestand te kry.

Die aaklige stank waaroor talle besighede en inwoners op die hoek van Songozwi- en Munnikstraat die afgelope paar maande kla, is toe al die tyd nie te danke aan Checkers nie.