In line with President Thabo Mbeki’s call, Vuku Zenzele (wake up and do it for yourself), the unemployed youth of the Campbell residential area in Musina are fighting poverty through farming.

In terms of the Eskom electrification programme,Tshimbupfe Central should have been electrified in June 2002. Last February, Ward 22 Councillor Mr KD Mauba announced a plan of bringing electricity via solar systems to the settlement, but all these promises were never hounoured.

After noticing the escalation of HIV/Aids in the Sinthumule and Kutama area, the youth of Tshiozwi Village formed a youth organisation which will help them to fight against the disease, drug abuse and alert girls about teenage pregnancy.

It has become a tradition for Phalaphala FM to take its listeners on an annual overseas tour. The purpose of these expeditions is to demonstrate the financial muscle of Phalaphala FM’s loyal listeners to the advertising industry, who unfortunately still holds a perception that some of the brands should not be advertised on the station as the target audience might not afford them.

After playing to a 1-1 draw with Bush Bucks at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Wednesday, Black Leopards went on to drop more vital points when they lost 0-1 to Highlandspark Silver Stars at the Nkowankowa Stadium in Tzaneen on Sunday.

In terms of the constitution of the country, freedom of the press is a right and, in commemo-ration of the greater freedom they once enjoyed, the South African Media marked October 19 as the country's national media freedom day.

Hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at the Tsianda Apostolic Faith Mission Church to pay their last respects to their beloved spiritual leader, Past MJ Ramaano.

Three people, Mrs Lowani Noria Ramabulana (54) of Lutendo, Remember Ramabulana (33) from Dopeni village and Mbulaheni Bethuel Magadagela (49) of Mandala village were sentenced to long terms imprisonment for murder in the Venda High Court on Tuesday.

When Mr Matome Alpheus Matlou (50) paid his girlfriend a visit at her home at Sekgopo in the Ritavi area last Saturday night (8/9), little did he know that he was going to die the very same night.

“The truth surrounding the split of the former Democratic Alliance chairperson in the Thulamela Municipality, Levy Mathivha, to form his own political party is based on differences with the leadership,” DA member of Provincial Legislature Timothy Maanda reported.

A well-known musician, Christopher Mukwevho, proved that education and music can merge, when he received two awards from the Mulenzhe Development Trust for his contribution to the development of Venda music.

An inquest docket has been opened by the Tshaulu SAPS, following the untimely death of a 56-year-old woman, who was cleaning her mealie field on Tuesday at about 11:30.