Less than a month after Mrs Maria Munonoka (58) of Madombidzha was buried at the local graveyard, her children, with the support of community members, exhumed her body on Wednesday with the idea of removing “muti and other strange things” from the deceased’s coffin.

Bishop Joseph Tanzwani Ramafamba of the Holiness Apostolic Church briefly appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court for the second time on Wednesday last week. He is charged with ritual murder, attempted murder and robbery, following the incident that happened at Makonde-Shadani on 23 October last year.

Robert Tshikhudo was an aspiring young family man who was full of dreams in his life – but his world turned upside down last Saturday, April 29, following a bus accident that left him with only one leg.

Plaaslike fietsryers het die afgelope naweek hul staal gaan wys by een van die moeilikste fietswedrenne in die land, die Sterling Light Lager Magoebaskloof Uitdaging.

Veteraanskut Michael Rademeyer van Louis Trichardt wen die eerste luggeweer SAARA-kompetisie waaraan veterane mag deelneem, terwyl sy dogter, Jeanette, gekies is vir die skietspan wat internasionaal gaan deelneem.

They helped a thousand orphans in China to realize their dreams until a problem forced them to close the Gift of Joy centre. Now they are in Africa, based in Louis Trichardt.

Die munisipaliteit het hierdie week opgetree teen onwettige bewoning en strukture in die dorp.

Local tour company Kuvona Cultural Tours, in partnership with Shiluvari Lakeside Lodge and the Ribolla Tourism Association, walked away from the International Tourism Bourse (ITB), the biggest tourism fair in the world held in Berlin Germany in March 2006, with two international awards.

Insp. Nelwamato Vele, plaaslike polisiewoordvoerder, het inwoners versoek om onmiddellik voorvalle van intimidasie by die polisie aan te meld.

Drie weke na haar byna noodlottige ontmoeting met die dood, voer Petro van den Berg steeds ‘n opdraande stryd tot herstel. Haar deursettingsvermoë is egter ‘n pragtige getuigskrif van die menslik veggees.

Kommer is aan die toeneem oor die skynbaar doelbewuste poging van die Stadsraad om die dorp se Christen-gemeenskap uit te sluit uit besluitnemingsvergaderings wat die gemeenskap raak.

Die plaaslike kantoor van Eskom, die land se hoof elektrisiteitsverskaffer, is op 13 April in die duisternis gedompel nadat die plaaslike munisipaliteit hul krag summier afgesny het weens beweerde “nie-betaling”.