The Director: Community Services of the Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality, Nkhumeleni Anderson Mudunungu, was last week admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa during a session of the High Court in Thohoyandou.

Minute na die Staat hul saak teen Ronnie Sutherland en medebeskuldigde Dawid Ras Maandag in die plaaslike landdroshof teruggetrek het, is hulle weer formeel gedagvaar om op 30 November op dieselfde klagte in die hof te verskyn.

Following several fatal accidents involving minibus-taxis on the region’s roads the past few weeks, local law enforcers are planning a crackdown on unroadworthy vehicles this holiday season.

Two young aspirant scientists built a mini power station that is water dependent, which successfully provides an energy source for devices such as mobile phones, calculators and radios.

“Development means black” was the shocking discovery that three young cricket players made when they were taken off the field because they were not “players of enough colour”.

There is a new message of hope to all pensioners who think that retirement means sitting and doing nothing at home.

Villagers of Makonde near Thohoyandou praised the SAPS for arresting a 23-year-old suspect in connection with the case that shocked the little peaceful village last week.

Since her birth nine years ago, Murendeni Tshivhase of Makonde Village, near Thohoyandou, has never walked, talked or played like other kids. She has spent all of her short life either in bed or on her mother’s back, because she is critically disabled and can do nothing for herself.

The police in the Mopani Area have arrested six men and charged them with armed robbery and the possession of illegal firearms and ammunition. This follows a cash-in-transit heist that took place in the area on Monday afternoon at about 13:00.

The police in Mopani have arrested three suspects, following the death of a 72-year-old man, Samuel Baloyi of Tekanenge Village.

Three young criminals will spend long terms in prison, after their cases were finalised in the Thohoyandou High Court during the past week. One was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and the other two to 35 and 20 years respectively for robbery and attempted murder.

Mev. Mary Hattingh van die plaas Northwich, het ‘n derde plek verower in die provinsiale Female Farmer of the Year 2004 kompetisie as topprodusent vir die uitvoermark.