Police investigations into a murder case at Maelula last week led to the uncovering of a large quantity of suspected stolen goods at a Mpheni home near Elim.

Toenemende onwettige arrestasies deur lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie Diens is tans besig om onrusbarende afmetings aan te neem.

‘n Senior lid van die plaaslike polisiediens,insp. Thathu Joseph Madevha (41) is verlede week hier skuldig bevind op ‘n klag van diefstal.

Ms Dziedzi Musekene (27) of Hadumasi village, east of Thohoyandou, is still recovering from shock after the porridge she was cooking suddenly turned brown in colour. She then gave the porridge to a dog, which amazingly refused to eat it.

“Ons dank ons Hemelse Vader vir die tien volmaakte jare wat Andrea deur ons lewens kon huppel en lag,” lui die afskeidsgroet in die begrafnisbrief van klein Andrea Joubert.

An attempted farm invasion was thwarted here by the local police. The attempt was followed by anonymous threatening phone calls to members of the management team on the farm.

Limpopo MEC for Education Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has promised to give urgent attention to the current backlog of classrooms and the problem of overcrowding in schools in the province.

An armed gang this week opened fire on a security guard on the farm New Country, scene of the recent barbaric attack on the Wiedeck farming couple.

Last week's expulsion of official opposition leader Michael Holford from the Limpopo Legislature is believed to be the first incident of its kind in South African parliamentary history.

The likelihood of transferring the Limpopo Legislature from Lebowakgomo to Polokwane has once again been raised in the province, this time by Public Works MEC Mr Thaba Mufamadi.

Limpopo MEC for Safety, Security and Liaison Machwene Semenya has confirmed that her department's budget allocation for the coming year has been increased by an unprecedented 67 percent to an amount of R23,6 million.

The search for three brutal rapists was still continuing at the time of going to press. This follows three separate incidents that took place in the Mopani area over the past weekend.