"Three men suddenly appeared from nowhere and they grabbed my private parts, threatening to slice them off. One of them produced a knife and said I must pray before he finished me off. I was confused, because I realized that death was a certainty at that time."

The draw for the prestigious Mvela Golden League Absa Cup KO Competition was held at the Premier Soccer League offices in Johannesburg on Monday. All qualifying matches will be played on Wednesday, December 20.

The Limpopo Provincial U/17 team are this year’s Coca-Cola U/17 Youth Challenge champions. They proved all their critics wrong and crushed the much-respected Western Cape squad 4-0 in the final that was played at the Olympia Stadium in Rustenburg on Saturday.

Approximately 300 mourners paid their final respects to one of the ritual murder convicts, Tshimomo Munyai (55), who was buried at Tshandama village, near Tshilamba, on Saturday.

Although the Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport needs R1,2bn to address backlogs, it has secured R240m to be utilized urgently in the upgrading of poor road facilities.

After three years of negotiations and preparations, Kumba Resources finally entered into an empowerment deal with Anglo American, the Industrial Development Corporation and Eyesizwe Mining. The joint deal resulted in the formation of two companies, Kumba Iron Ore and Exxaro.

Roadworks on the N1 tollroad north of Makhado is progressing well, but will be temporarily suspended from 14 December, for the convenience of motorists and holidaymakers.

During the annual departmental awards ceremony, aimed at encouraging health facilities across the province to increase their responsiveness to the needs of patients, Elim hospital was declared as the best hospital in the province.

Limpopo’s first lady, Mrs Ramakone Moloto, officiated at the proceedings to mark the 16 Days of Activism against the abuse of Women and Children campaign, hosted by the Mutale Municipality and the Mutale Victim Empowerment Programme (MVEP) at Thengwe Soccer ground last week.

Opgraderingswerk van meer as R113 miljoen aan die N1 tolpad noord van Makhado (Louis Trichardt) sal vir padgebruikers se gerief op 14 Desember tydelik vir die Kersseisoen onderbreek word.

Booswigte het die naweek van Saterdag, 2 Desember, die grafsteen van wyle Hendrik Putter vanaf sy graf in die munisipale begraafplaas gesteel.

Die onlangse goeie reën wat oor die dorp uitgesak het, het baie vrae laat ontstaan oor die doeltreffendheid van Makhado (Louis Trichardt) se stormwaterdreineringstelsel.