The negative impact of toll fees on tourism in the Limpopo Province and the necessity of an information campaign with regards to the ongoing problem of runaway heavy vehicles featured in discussions between local stakeholders and senior members of the South African Department of Transport last week.

A sit-in at the Nancefield municipal offices was averted on Monday this week, when police officials mediated between protesters and municipal representatives.

Die Makhado Munisipaliteit se Direkteur van Korporatiewe Dienste, mnr. Peter Magwala, het Woensdag gesê dat daar wel probleme geïdentifiseer is ten opsigte van die Raad se meterlesers.

A resident of Tshikunda village outside Thohoyandou, Ms Livhuwani Nemakonde (26), is a blessed woman but the blessings are making her one of the most worried people in the area.

A news reporter for the Sunday Sun newspaper, Mr Ndivhuwo Musetha, is a happy man again. This follows a breakthrough in the case that he reported at the Thohoyandou Police Station two weeks ago, on Friday, August 27, where several items were stolen from his vehicle.

Thohoyandou I District Football Association, Thodfa I, is now financially viable. This follows the decision by the managing director of Reri’s Insurance Brokers, Mr David Mureri, to sponsor the association.

The Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Forestry, Mrs Rejoice Mabudafhasi, celebrated Arbor Day at the University of Venda for Science and Technology on Monday, by planting a tree in remembrance of ANC hero and former chancellor of the university, Mr Walter Sisulu.

The Limpopo Government says the tourism industry here is ready to move on to greater things, now that the province is firmly entrenched as a leading eco-tourism destination.

A group of mining companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Limpopo Government, Trade and Investment Limpopo (TIL), and the Secretariat of the Limpopo Mining Procurement Initiative, as a first step towards consolidating the process of black economic empowerment in this sector.

In an attempt to harmonise their relationships, religious leaders from various denominations within and outside the policing area of the Makhado SAPS launched an Adopt-a-station Project at the NG Kerk Soutpansberg last Friday.

Children from the rural Ngulumbi village, outside Thohoyandou can now access computer facilities that they previously only dreamt of.

Ntshengedzeni Mamphodo, disabled traditional music artist from Lwamondo near Thohoyandou, did not experience a meteoric rise to fame, because he had worked hard and very long hours to be where he is today.