As the Makhado Municipality is still struggling to find ways of effectively channeling service delivery and development within its area of jurisdiction, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana and the MEC for Local Government and Housing, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, officially launched the inclusion of the municipality in a Project Consolidate Programme at Ha-Mudimeli last Friday.

Humble clay, which many people regard as dirt, enables an unemployed single mother of four to put some food on the table and to educate her children.

The recent donation of 24 vehicles by the General Motors Company is expected play a vital role in training members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) to fight cross-border crime in the Southern African region.

Alcoholism, drug abuse, prostitution and a high crime rate forced the youth of Pile village, near Tshandama, to come together to form their own organization, Pile Youth League (PYL), to tackle those problems.

Eight students who were suspended by the University of Limpopo’s (UL) Polokwane branch were re-admitted at the institution after the Pretoria High Court’s decision to suspend the decision taken by the University.

Although the police in the Vhembe District announced publicly that sexual assault cases have been reduced, the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP) does not agree with the police statement.

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

The police in the Mopani area have opened an inquest docket and an alternative murder case following the death of a well-known police officer in the area, D/ Insp Mbonyisa Thomas Mdaka (32), of Nkowankowa Township.

Ms Mmbangiseni Negota (37) of Makonde village, north of Thohoyandou, was shocked when the white porridge she was preparing for her family suddenly turned brown on Sunday.

As higher than normal temperatures are experienced and the rainfall in Vhembe and the entire province has dropped far below the normal rainfall, cattle are dying in Vuwani, Malamulele and in certain areas of the Giyani district, as a result of the lack of water and the poor grazing conditions.

The Akkedis Mountain Bike Challenge was a gruelling, yet extremely satisfying, sporting event for competitors, who did not fail to dish out compliments for the excellent organisation.

The total dedication of local horticultural enthusiast Kevin Zeelie to a mystery plant which he received as a gift from legendary Mary Scheepers of Whispering Mist in Magoebaskloof, may soon culminate in a sophisticated friendly newcomer to the in-door and potplant scene in South Africa.