The long-delayed electrification of Tshimbupfe Central in Ward 22 of the Makhado Municipality is leading residents to embark on their intensive plan of boycotting the next local government elections.

A young Limpopo young mother, Avhapfani Jaqual Muhali, 18, of Mpheni village outside Makhado, gave birth to Siamese twins at Elim Hospital last Wednesday afternoon.

A visit to the mountainous rural Tshipako Primary School is a true reflection that the majority of poor rural learners have not attained educational freedom even after 12 years of democracy. They are still attending classes in makeshift, mud buildings on the verge of collapsing.

The police in Thohoyandou have arrested one of the most wanted criminals in the area, Ipfanne Netshifhefhe (22), of Ngovhela Village on Tuesday afternoon. He is linked with two murders, numerous attempted murders cases and four robberies.

Ten of the world's leading animal scientists met in Cape Town this week, at the invitation of Environment and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, to discuss South Africa's elephant population explosion.

Stanley Letsoalo (39) of Bolobedu settlement briefly appeared in the Bolobedu Magistrate’s Court last Friday on a charge of corruption. The incidents that led to his arrest took place between 2003 and last week.

The police and the youth have finally joined hands in the war against crime! Through the project called Tamba Muswa (play youth), the Makuya SAPS and the local Youth Organization came together to find possible solutions on how to make their community a crime-free zone.

When the headmaster of Tshivhase High School in Vhufuli became passionate about improving the quality of education at his school and at other local schools more than 10 years ago, little did he know that one day he would represent his country at an International Educational Administration Seminar abroad.

The police in the Mopani Area are investigating two separate incidents in which seven children drowned. The first incident occurred at the Bolobedu settlement in the Ritavi policing area on Saturday afternoon at about 14:00.

The police in Mopani have opened a murder case and an inquest docket, following a tragic incident that took place in the area in which a man allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the firearm on himself. The incident took place at Namakgale Township in Phalaborwa last Friday morning at about 07:00.

A jilted lover poured boiling water on her husband after finding him in bed with a lover at Dopeni Village. The incident took place on December 2005.

A poor 78-year-old granny has been battling with the Department of Health and Social Development for seven years to get her R1 850 old age pension grant which is five months in arrears, but in vain.