Die Makhado Munisipaliteit se totale vloot voertuie was verlede week vir ‘n paar dae “onwettig” op die pad, nadat hul lisensieskyfies weens administratiewe probleme nie hernu kon word nie.

The tombstone of the late Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates striker, Lesley “Slow Poison” Manyathela, will be unveiled on September 24 in his home town, Musina.

While various leaders of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo have been openly predicting further defections by members of other parties who are planning to join their ranks, opposition parties have indicated that they do not expect to make large gains.

Several residents in the Mutale Local Municipal area were recognised during the mayoral achievers awards held at the Mutale hall last Thursday.

Musina Centenary Celebrations must help to unlock the boundless economic opportunities that await people in the industries of tourism, mining, manufacturing and agriculture further, the MEC for Health and Social Development, Seaparo Sekoati, told hundreds of Musina residents at a Women’s Celebration rally last week.

The Limpopo Mirror, sister newspaper of the Zoutpansberger, has achieved the almost unthinkable by becoming the joint winner of the World Young Reader Prize for its series of educational supplements that appeared in 2004. The series of little booklets, published under the title “Science of Life”, also appeared in the Zoutpansberger and was distributed to thousands of school children.

“Although my fellow community members regard me as a laughing stock, I am happy because I am able to supplement my old age grant with ease.”

Many people will never touch clay, because they do not want to make themselves dirty. A courageous mother and her daughter make the dirty clay their best friend, because it provides them with food.

She dropped out of school in Std 4, but today she is the first and only woman excavator operator in the Thulamela Municipality.

A woman with a big heart, Angelina Matambila, has been taking care of three orphans of the Muavha family since their parents passed away in 2003. She left behind her sickly, unemployed husband and five kids at Mavhuwa, to stay with the orphans, because the orphans had no one to look after them.

What was supposed to be an enjoyable midnight trip back home turned out to be a horrible experience for five youths who ended up in hospital beds.

Nnditsheni Thomas Netshiendeulu (28), a resident of Lwamondo village, will spend the remaining part of his life in jail after he was found guilty in the Venda Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa last Thursday on two counts of rape.