While the local community is still baffled by an incident reported in last week’s edition of Mirror, in which Ndikandafhi Mampheu’s water drum was allegedly poisoned by unknown people, another similar incident has struck Makonde village again on Sunday.

Vir die tweede agtereenvolgende week het inwoners die verbysterende skoknuus gehoor dat nog een van die dorp se bekende ouerpare, Pierre en Johanna Steyn, ‘n jong seun aan die dood moes afstaan.

The once peaceful village of Makonde, north of Thohoyandou, is still shocked by an incident in which a villager’s 1 000 litre water drum was allegedly contaminated with poisonous substances.

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) in Limpopo has responded positively to the recent release of selected detainees from a number of prisons in the province.

With water management currently a vital issue in Limpopo and other drought-ravaged provinces, the recent announcement that two government departments will combine to educate young people on environmental, water and sanitation issues, has been widely welcomed.

A Malawian citizen, Martin Alberto (50), briefly appeared in the Mhlala magistrate’s court last Wednesday on a charge of fraud. The case relates to an incident that took place at the Thulamahashe shopping centre on June 16 last year.

The Limpopo East Region of SAFA has received a financial boost in the form of sponsorship from Werda Toyota in Makhado (Louis Trichardt.

A Grade 12 learner at Lwenzhe Boarding School in Vuwani is faced with a bleak future, as he is alleging that teachers at his school are denying him the opportunity to write the mid-year examinations because of his hairstyle.

Whenever they perform, be it at district, regional or provincial competitions, the drum majorettes of Tshikwarani Primary School at Madombidzha always take top honours, despite their lack of resources.

The MEC for Public Works, Mr Thaba Mufamadi, interacted with communities of Ha-Mashau about service delivery matters last Thursday.

He was only 18, in June 1947, when he left home to work on the farms and for the past 58 years, nobody had heard anything from him. After investigations and traces,which took 10 years, Ratshilumela Phalanndwa (76) was reunited with his family at Damani Village, near Tshipako, on Sunday.

An unemployed woman and her two kids were left homeless when their only makeshift, one-roomed structure mysteriously caught fire on Saturday. The fire destroyed everything and the family was only left with the clothes they were wearing when the mysterious fire broke out.