‘n Bekende voormalige bankbestuurder van Nedbank, mnr. Marius van Zyl, ondergaan hierdie week ‘n beenmurgoorplanting in sy stryd teen kanker.

The Chairpersons Association (CA) appealed to all people and businesses and residents within the borders of the Makhado Municipality and Vhembe Municipality, not to implement any name changes from Louis Trichardt to Makhado.

Die ineenstorting van dienste en dienslewering as gevolg van rasgebaseerde regstellende aksie en sogenaamde swart ekonomiese bemagtiging is ‘n ANC/ COSATU/SAKP-geskape gemors en beslis nie ‘n maaksel van die TLU-SA nie, sê mnr. Dries Joubert, voorsitter van die TLU SA Noord.

Toenemende kritiek oor die dorp se gebrekkige en, in sommige gevalle, disfunksionele rioolstelsel kan nie alleen voor die deur van die dorp se stadsvaders gelê word nie.

‘n Oud-inwoner van die dorp, die 34-jarige mev. Niquey Koekemoer, is gedurende die vroeë oggendure van Vrydag, 7 Oktober, net buite Tzaneen in ‘n motorongeluk oorlede.

‘n Vlieënier en sy vrou kan hulself gelukkig ag om nog te leef, nadat hul ligte vliegtuig laat Vrydagmiddag (7de) naby die Capricorn Tolplaza neergestort het.

Familielede is steeds verbysterd oor die dood van mnr. Koos Kemp wat die afgelope naweek deur ‘n “mak” buffel op sy plaas Spitskop noodlottig verwond is.

Two people died and one was wounded in an extensive search operation which ended in a shootout with trigger-happy robbers, in possession of a police firearm.

Five brilliant science learners of Ratshikwekwete Secondary School represented their circuit, district and the province in particular with pride during theYoung Scientist Competition known as Science Expo 2005 at Pretoria University last week.

A member of the Phosphate Athletics Club in Phalaborwa, Johannes Monyela, performed extremely well when he won the Soutpansberg Mountain Race (21,1 km) at Makhado last Saturday. His time was 1:21:03 and he received R750 and a trophy.

The 32-year-old Shayandima-based Khwevha Commercial School made history, when they invited a Std 5 dropout to motivate their Grade 12 learners at their year-end function and matric dance held at the Ben Lavin Nature Reserve during the weekend.

Thanks to the cooperation between the University of Venda, the Zenex Foundation, the Department of Science and Technology and the Limpopo Department of Education, learners in the rural area of Vuwani now have access to a brand new science centre.