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Killers on the loose - Floodgates on farm attacks open

News: 08 October 2004 By Andries van Zyl
“All hell has broken loose down here.” These were the troublesome words of a senior police detective while attending the scene of one of four violent farm attacks in the area in just over a week.

No child grant for boy who shares name

News: 08 October 2004 By Wilson Dzebu
Pfano Vele (5) of Matangari village outside Thohoyandou, who was born on 15 March 1999, could no longer get her R170 monthly child support grant from the government over the past six months because she shares a name and surname with another Pfano Vele, a boy aged 6 of Lufule, about 60 km away from her home.

Labour minister visits poultry project

News: 08 October 2004 By Elijar Mushiana-NIPA
The members of Tamisani Rural Poultry Project, which is situated in the Tswinga area near Thohoyandou, were excited when the Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana, visited the project on Tuesday.

League pleads guilty, and the struggle continues

Sport: 08 October 2004 By Frank Mavhungu
Black Leopards are still restless about the complaint they had lodged with the league regarding their unfair treatment by a match official in their Castle Premiership League match against Orlando Pirates that was played at the Thohoyandou Stadium early last month. Leopards were beaten 2-3.

There is life after prison

News: 08 October 2004 By Wilson Dzebu
A reformed criminal from the rural village of Tshakhuma near Thohoyandou is an icon of all South African prisoners and the local community by proving that there is still life, courage and hope after serving a long prison sentence.

Matatshe is the most overcrowded prison

News: 08 October 2004 By Elijar Mushiana-NIPA

The province set another record during the past month. According to reports, the Thohoyandou prison, or Matatshe as it is called, is the most overcrowded prison in South Africa.

Thousands fear losing their jobs

News: 08 October 2004
Three thousand seasonal and permanent workers on tea estates in the Vhembe district will lose their jobs if Sapekoe closes down its tea operations.

Well-known detective murdered

News: 08 October 2004
A well-known detective at Makhado, Detective Inspector Mbhazima Daniel Mthombeni (39), was found murdered next to the Capricorn Plaza along the N1 road to Pietersburg on Wednesday.

Big boost for sports fraternity

Sport: 08 October 2004 By Wilson Dzebu
In a historic move, the South African sports fraternity received a big boost, when the first group of 54 Sports Coaching and Management course graduates received their certificates from the Centre of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sports Science of the University of Venda for Science and Technology (Univen) on Friday.

Divine Cross Church celebrates first decade

News: 08 October 2004 By Wilson Dzebu
A community-based church that has a reputation of caring for the poor and the disabled in Limpopo, Divine Cross Church of God, celebrated its 10th anniversary at Makonde village outside Thohoyandou on Saturday.

Local summit on crime prevention

News: 01 October 2004 By Frans van der Merwe
The very clear connection between alcohol and crime and the alarming increase in the abuse of alcohol and other drugs amongst school children, figured prominently during a Crime Prevention Summit two weeks ago.