Some of the South-African Air Force’s top brass, including the Minister of Defence, Mosiuoa Lekota, attended the opening of 85 Combat Flying School at AFB Makhado on Thursday October 19. The event also saw the unveiling of the air force’s 24 new Hawk fighter and training aircraft.

Die skielike dood van Anton Stander (41) het die plaaslike gemeenskap geruk.

"Going to the extreme …" This was the remark made by one resident after metal spikes were found along a piece of road regularly frequented by quad bike fanatics inside the forested area at the foot of the Soutpansberg Mountain.

Well-known businessman Mr Solly Noor of Solly’s Discount World is one of the eight finalists in the Businessperson of the Year category in the national IslamicFinance Business Awards.

Mmboneni Musingadi (17), the young mother who gave birth to her baby boy in the street in Makhado last Tuesday, said that she would never set her foot again in that hospital, since she had lost trust in the facility and the doctors.

Pinky Lefasi Maduwa (17), who was allegedly stabbed to death by jealousy driven jilted lover at Mamphagi Village at Ha-Mulima, will be laid to rest at the settlement´s cemetery tomorrow, Saturday.

Mirror learnt that Lefasi was stabbed 28 times in the heart, chest, breast, neck and at the back by an abusive boyfriend, when they were coming from school. Lefasi, a grade 11 learner, died instantly. The two were not only learners at Vhaluvhu Secondery School, but they also come from the same village. The victim´s boyfriend was in grade 12.

Approximately 200 Grade 12 learners from villages around Tshidongololwe in the Mutale Municipal area will now face their final examination with courage and pride.

Black Leopards dropped two vital points when they drew 1-1 with Benoni Premier United in their Castle Premiership League match at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday night. As usual, Leopards displayed entertaining football from the onset, but failed to find their way through the defence of United.

Nearly 50 educators from the Mutale Municipal area will now be able to upgrade their teaching skills in science and mathematics - thanks to the R347 000 Educators Upgrading programme funded by Kumba Resources – Tshikondeni Mine.

Mutale Fire Fighters forgot their fire-fighting kits for a while to engage themselves in another kind of fight, that against poverty and hunger.

Twenty rural women shared more than R40 000 in outstanding maintenance fees, when the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development held an imbizo to hand over maintenance monies to beneficiaries on Tuesday. It took place at the Makuya Multi Purpose Community Centre (MPCC), near Tshikondeni Mine.