Mr Fhatuwani Sikhipha (46), whose plea for help was published several times in this newspaper late last year, has lost a tough battle of about a year against a chronic liver disease. He died on Tuesday night at Donald Fraser hospital.

An abnormal increase in malaria cases in the area during January this year is directly linked to the entering and employment of illegal immigrants and migrant workers.

Ruzanne en Odette Kloppers is die tweede beste jukskei dubbelpaar in die land in die dogters O/14-afdeling.

Die roosverkoper wat die afgelope jare as’t ware ‘n instelling geword het op die hoek van Stubbs- en Krugerstraat, mnr. Innocent Khosa, was die afgelope naweek weer rustig terug op sy pos, nadat ‘n nare wedervaring kort voor Kersfees verlede jaar hom tydelik buite aksie geplaas en amper sy bedryf permanent kortgeknip het.

A naked man, who prowls during the night or in the early hours of the morning, is terrorising villagers, who have now decided to stay indoors for fear of their lives. Local villagers now call the man Lubunyu (a Venda word for someone who is always naked) as a result of his nakedness.

‘n Stap vorentoe is geneem met betrekking tot die oplossing van die waterprobleem op Buysdorp.

Die plaaslike polisie het hier drie beweerde onwettige immigrante uit Zimbabwe in hegtenis geneem op aanklagte van die onwettige besit van vuurwapens en vermoedelik gesteelde goedere.

What hidden agendas are the driving force behind the local municipality’s insistence on demolishing major assets on the central sports grounds in town to make way for business development on a site which the established business fraternity does not approve of?

“We are still hopeful that we will win this case. Don’t be discouraged by actions of local and national government who pretend it has been finalized. It’s not over yet,” key role-players against the name change of the town said this week.

‘n Vrou en haar drie kinders is hier die hoof verdagtes in die grusame moord op ‘n plaaslike hoërskoolonderwyser.

Die dapper optrede van ‘n sewejarige seun, wat moontlik die lewe van sy moeder gered het, is ‘n heldhaftige ligpunt in ‘n naweek van ergerlike misdaadgebeure wat die hele dorp aan die gons het.

Thohoyandou police arrested a 24-year-old woman for fraudulently continuing to collect her baby boy’s government child support grant even after the death of the particular child.