Serious concern about the dramatic increase in alcohol and other drug abuse in schools in the Limpopo Province was expressed at a recent crime prevention summit held here.

A “spot fine” of R2 000 (or how much have you got?) immediately payable in cash alongside the toll road – this was the rather confusing and unnerving demand which a housewife of Mopane had to face earlier this week from a provincial traffic official on the N1.

Te midde van ‘n sterk polisieteenwoordigheid in die streek die afgelope week, het die vlaag van ernstige geweldsmisdaad egter in ‘n groot mate voortgeduur.

Plans to host the region’s most successful sporting event, the annual Kremetart One-Day Stage Race was dealt a serious blow this week.

The Chairpersons Association (CA) says it is unacceptable that the Makhado Municipality uses the money of the community to fight the community.

For a second consecutive year, Jacob Seduma from Harmony walked away with top honours in the annual Soutpansberg Mountain Race on Saturday.

Signboards on the N1 indicate the town as Makhado despite the fact the Department of Justice has adhered to the Chairpersons Association’s request to suspend the implementation of all name changes until the court case has been finalized.

Government is acting in bad faith with its contentious AgriBEE (Agricultural Broadbased Black Economic Empowerment) document, which is guided by unacceptable political and racist agendas.

The disciplinary hearing of the suspended municipal manager, Mr Reuben Rambado, took a dramatic turn this week when Council withdrew all charges in exchange for Rambado’s resignation.

It was with great sadness and a sense of tremendous loss that residents learned about the senseless killing of one of the Soutpansberg’s most colourful residents, Mr Martin Armitage (66).

A 27-year-old Mozambiquean man was hacked and injured by two suspects who approached him at Khalavha Village last Thursday night.

The police in the Mopani area are investigating several murder cases, following incidents that took place in the area over the past weekend.