The official opposition party in Makhado, the DA, are presently requesting the mayor to investigate the municipal speaker, Cllr Joan Hoorzuk, whom they described as “more destructive than a tsunami” on possible allegations of corruption and misuse of power.

Villagers are still shocked, as a 36-year-old woman who was reported missing was found hanging from a tree at Matshavhawe-Magadani Village on Sunday.

The police in the Mopani area are investigating a case of murder, following the death of a 71-year-old woman.

The incident took place at the Nkowankowa settlement in the Ritavi Area on Monday.

The police in the Mopani Area are investigating a case of culpable homicide, following the death of three people in a horrific accident that took place at Roodhuis along the Shigalo-to-Malamulele road last on Monday morning at about 07:15.

Rabali Pull Together Football Club will not easily forget their Vodacom Promotional League match last weekend against Kiwi Double Seven. They were brutally walloped 0-5 at the Tsamahantsi grounds in Mokopane.

The police in Mopani are investigating a case of armed robbery, following an incident that took place at the Shiluvani Hospital in the Maake Area on Monday morning at about 02:00.

The South African legal fraternity and the local community mourned the death of a prominent lawyer, Robert Vhulahani (35), who was assassinated by unknown gunmen on 21 January. He was buried on Friday afternoon at his home village of Tshikundamalema, north-east of Tshilamba.

Several families were left homeless and without shelter after a heavy storm struck the villages of Magau, Madombidzha and Tshiozwi on Sunday evening.

The little rural village of Matangari Dube is still reeling with shock after an incident in which a 36-year-old man allegedly hacked another man to death with a garden lasher and seriously injured a 42-year-old woman on Saturday.

A welcome donation of 15 computers was made on January 24 to the Masedi Combined Public School in Tshikota by the University of Pretoria.

An exciting new local bowls competition, the “Zoutnet Night Series” starts this weekend when the draw for the competition will be held at the club on Friday evening.

Grondherverdeling, grondeise en plaasbesoeke, tesame met veiligheid en die nuwe wapenwetgewing is hoog op die agenda van die volgende algemene vergadering van die Soutpansberg Landbou-unie.