Mnr. Frederick Johannes Fritz , beter bekend as Fred, is op Saterdagmiddag, 11 Maart, tragies oorlede in ‘n motorongeluk op die hoek van Jeppe- en Krugerstraat.

Topmodelle sorg vir hulle gesondheid en kan hulle glad nie met destruktiewe gedrag, soos anoreksie, bulimie of selfverminking vereenselwig nie.

‘n Vertraging in die vroegtydige bestelling van noodsaaklike chemikalieë vir die watersuiweringsaanleg by die Albasinidam, het vandeesweek byna daartoe gelei dat die dorp in ‘n waternood gedompel is.

Die hulp van ‘n forensiese ondersoekspan is Woensdag ingeroep om die oorsprong te bepaal van menslike beendere wat agter die SAPD op Musina se polisieselle gevind is.

A local World War II veteran, Corporal Simon Manzere (87), has been invited to attend the wreath-laying ceremony by the Mendi Memorial Committee. He left for Gauteng yesterday (Thursday). Manzere, from Mutshenzheni village, was posted for service on December 11, 1940, at the age of 22. He served in the Native Military Corps and was discharged on 27 October 1945.

The University of Venda Library will join the country in the annual South African Library Week celebrations starting from next week Monday, ending on Saturday (13 – 18 March). The theme of this year’s celebration is “Libraries, partners in learning, nation building and development.”

“The marula tree is a protected tree and undoubtedly it was created to serve human beings and animals,” said the MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, Collins Chabane, during a media briefing at Karibu lodge next to Giyani last Friday night.

While many cultures are still regarding the Vha-Venda and Tsonga tribes as friends, an element of hostility broke out between the two tribes, as the Tsonga-speaking people are demanding to have their own municipality.

Allegations that learners are taken from their schools to entertain governmental dignitaries with traditional dances while others are proceeding with the lessons, are causing uproar in schools in the Vhembe District.

In what the Mopani police regard as a major breakthrough in the area, they have arrested a group of five men whom they believe are responsible for numerous housebreaking and theft cases at Phalaborwa and the surrounding areas.

A 28-year-old man was shot and killed during an armed robbey at the Cocktrust settlement in the Calcata area on Sunday night. According to the spokesperson for the police in the Mopani area, Capt Maano Sadike, a group of gunmen had proceeded to the victim’s shop during the night of the incident.

The police in the Mopani area have opened an inquest and murder docket following the death of a 30-year-old man and his 18-year-old lover, whose bodies were found inside a house. The incident took place at the Mbekwana village in the Nwamitwa area on Sunday night.