Chief Edzani Ratshitanga was installed as the new chief of Ngulumbi Village last Saturday. He was installed by Thovhele Kennedy Tshivhase.

The community of Mamuhohi, in the remote area of Nzhelele, will no longer suffer from thirst, as the Eskom Development Foundation has come to their aid by donating R20 000 for the installation of the Rinwa Rothe Water Project.

Taxi owner Mr Shavhani Ramusetheli (56), who was gunned down at his home at Tshavhalovhedzi near the Siloam hospital last Monday (July 25), was buried on Sunday.

Upgrading projects valued at R10,4-million will be completed at Satara during the next few months. A day visitor’s site and swimming pool will be added to this camp’s already impressive list of tourist facilities, while the caravan park and some of the accommodation units will also be improved.

Die Levubu Rugbyklub, in samewerking met P&L Hardeware, hou op Saterdag, 13 Augustus, ‘n boeredag en sewe-aan-‘n-kant-kriekettoernooi.

A peaceful gathering of people drinking traditional sorgum beer (Mahafhe) last Saturday ended in tragedy when a 52-year-old man, Mr Piet Ratshilangana, and several other were shot because they could not supply another man with a cigarette.

Die Hooggeregshofsaak met betrekking tot die dorp se omstrede naamsverandering vanaf Louis Trichardt na Makhado word op 18 Augustus in Pretoria aangehoor.

What started as a friendly meeting for drinks between a Malawian truck driver, aged 47, a South African citizen, and four illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe on Tuesday night, ended in violence on Wednesday morning.

As August is dedicated to women countrywide, the Makhado Women’s Forum has already drafted its programme of action aimed at signifying the importance of Women’s Month and dispelling the myth that a woman will remain inferior until she dies.

In celebration of National Women’s Day and in recognition of the Human Rights abuses suffered by women in South Africa on a daily basis, the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP) will be holding their Annual Women’s Day Festival on Tuesday, August 9, at the Indoor Sports Centre in Thohoyandou.

More than 100 orphans and vulnerable learners of Dengenya High School at Dzingahe village, north of Thohoyandou, received food and blankets at a special function held at the school last Wednesday.

Several well-known residents this week passed away.