After receiving numerous requests from communities for discounts on outstanding debts, the Thulamela Municipality has finally opened its heart to its inhabitants.

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in the province is under fire from artists, who are concerned about being left out of the Mapungubwe Arts Festival.

One of the four traditional healers who received heavy sentences for ritual murder at the Thohoyandou High Court, is dead. News of Tshimomo Munyai’s death spread like wildfire last week after he spent only two months of his 21-year jail sentence. Tshimomo was staying at Tshandama Village, outside Tshilamba.

They went to Nandoni Dam all the way from Mulenzhe village to enjoy tsuma (wild fruit) on Saturday, but their enjoyable trip ended in tragic death when their little boat capsized in the deep waters. Scores of bemused villagers watched on in disbelief as the bodies of cousins Given Baloyi (19) and Rendani Munyai (3) were retrieved from the vicious water of Nandoni Dam on Sunday.

Rural learners will now be able to access science and technology right at their doorstep - thanks to the helping hand of the Beyers Naudé School Development Programme, Kagiso Trust and the Absa Foundation.

The senior manager in the Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo Province, Dr Matome Masipa, has called on SADC countries to join hands in fighting malaria within the region.

"Why stay at home and wait for the government’s disability grant? The money is too little and it cannot cater for all our needs. This is the time to stand up and contribute to the economic development of our country, despite our disabilities."

An unknown woman, believed to be in her late twenties, was found lying dead under a bridge along the Musina-Pondrift Public Road on Monday morning, in what police suspect to be a murder case.

One of the best performing schools in the province, Thengwe Secondary, is hit hard by the notorious "brain drain".

"Ritual murder is an abominable, cruel and violent act which all of us must not only condemn, but we must actively work towards its total eradication. Just because it has been around this long does not justify its continued practice. The fact that it continues to ravage our communities, particularly in the Vhembe District, is an indictment on all of us for failing to combat this very serious social crime."

Amid strong police warnings that community members should be more careful of thugs who are said to use muti to swindle people out of their hard-earned cash, another unsuspecting community member became a victim of the thugs at Thohoyandou last week.

The Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court nearly turned into a circus on Thursday last week, when suspected serial killer Mukosi Mulaudzi (42) claimed that he was promised R100 000 to admit that he was involved several murder cases, including those of Ndivhuwo Tshilimandila (19), Nyadzeni Sivhugwana (14), Shumani Sivhugwana (10) and Lavhelesani Sivhugwana (7) of Tshivhiludulu village in August this year.