The town’s property market is booming with a seemingly frantic dash by developers trying to cash in on the upward market trend. The rapid growth in the property market, however, has sparked fears that the town is heading for an ecological disaster.

There is no truth in the rumour that the Dynamos’ technical staff, Lifa Qosha and Alex Bapela, have been fired. This was confirmed by the team’s managing director, Mr Pat Malabela, in a telephone interview on Monday evening.

The Calvary Christian Church under the stewardship of Pastor Maxwell Masakona honored several people last Saturday night who contributed most to the development of South Africa.

Limpopo Premier Sello Moloto this week welcomed the total transformation which had taken place in the South African National Defence Force, saying it now reflected the focus of the country’s new democratic system, namely safety, security and peace.

Using paraffin lamps in several remote villages will be a thing of the past, as the Thulamela Municipality electrified 84 households of Dovheni Village outside Malamulala town last Friday.

Ditike Travel and Tourism tenants say they are presently losing business because of the bad state of the buildings they leased from the Limpopo Economic Development Enterprise (LimDev). They say their plea to have the buildings renovated at Muledane, near Thohoyandou, have fallen on deaf ears since 1999.

Disability has not stopped the Mbaleni-born 34-year-old blind Maluta Mudobi from achieving what he set out to do in life. Mudobi presents Bridging the Gap every Tuesday from 20:00 to 20:30 on Univen Community radio.

A resident of Namakgale Township, Joseph Malele (29), will spend the next 10 years behind bars. His rape case was finalized in the Lulekani Regional Court last Thursday.

A 24-year-old hotel chef was lucky to survive, when a brand new VW 1.6 Polo crashed into a house in which he was bathing. The incident took place in Thohoyandou on Monday afternoon.

The situation was still hostile at Manamani village at the time of going to press, following the tragic death of Mulweli Nemadandila (7), whose body was found floating in the Dzondo River on Saturday afternoon. Community members are convinced that little Mulweli was murdered for muti.

The Powerade Kremetart is an annual event organized by the P&L Hardware Cycling Club and this year promises to be bigger than ever.

Sommer met die intrapslag in die Soutpansberg het Dr. Jolanda Roux, boomsiekte kundige, haar kennersoog laat gly oor die plantasies teen die hange en bome in die dorp.