"Together we can defeat crime." This was the key message of hope by Limpopo’s MEC for Safety, Security and Liaison, Samson Ndou, during his consultative visit to the Mutale Municipality last week.

The second suspect accused of raping a 41- year-old South African woman when she was on a visit in Zimbabwe on August 20, reappeared in court on Tuesday.

The Department of Health and Social Development in the province has conceded that it has a serious shortage of doctors.

Heartless thugs have invaded the once peaceful Thohoyandou Town and are preying on unsuspecting victims by allegedly using muti which turns their hard-earned cash into newspaper cuttings!

A week after she buried her younger sister, the municipal manager of the Makhado Municipality, Ms Faith Muthambi, has received two letters containing death threats.

The former Limpopo Mirror correspondent and Chief Executive Officer for the Limpopo East Regional Football Association, Mr Samuel "SMS" Matodzi, is now the Techincal Coordinator of the 2010 project under the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture in the Gauteng Province.

The draw for the quarterfinal stage of the Telkom KO Competition was held at the Wanderers Hotel in Johannesburg on Monday. The so-called big guns, Mamelodi Sundowns, Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Moroka Swallows have been favoured by the draw.

Last Saturday was harvest day for the 16 teams that took part in the 2006 Globe Finance KO Competition.

The Limpopo Road Agency has embarked on a project to upgrade the road between Musina and Tshipise at a cost of more than R4,3 million.

A prominent Limpopo businesswoman has gone beyond her social responsibility by adopting Hayani Hospital, near Thohoyandou, in a bid to instill a sense of confidence amongst people with intellectual disabilities. Mrs Annah Magwaba of Magwaba Bus Service has been a parental figure for the intellectual disabled patients for the past three years.

A hardworking disabled woman was highly praised for her brave ambassadorial role on behalf of the disabled community by the Speaker of the Limpopo Legislature, Dr Tshenuwani Farisani, and the Mayor of Thulamela Municipality, Khosi Thivhulawi Makumbane.

With only four months in the hot and demanding seat, Limpopo’s tough MEC for Safety, Security and Liaison, Samson Ndou, is determined to reduce the crime rate to zero.