More than a thousand mourners paid their last respects to the three young boys who had been hanged in their house in Mbilwi-Makanga last Monday night, during a ceremony at the Mbilwana Primary School in Mbilwi on Sunday.

Members of the Mukula community and residents of surrounding villages are still shocked about an incident where Mr Joseph Ndou had allegedly hacked his wife, Lucy Ndou (40), to death at their home at Mukula on Monday.

A well-known local reporter of the Sunday Sun Newspaper, Mr Ndivhuwo Musetha, has fallen victim to theft from his motor vehicle. The incident took place last Thursday night, hours after he arrived back from his two-week trip to Hungary.

Tragedy struck the village of Mbilwi-Makanga this week when three children were found hanging from the rafters of their home. The children’s father stands accused of the heinous crime of killing his offspring.

An unemployed man of Makwarela Township, near Thohoyandou, took everyone by surprise when he turned a stinking dumping site next to his home into a vegetable garden. Naledzani Mbulaheni (34) can now support his wife and three kids by selling the vegetables to the public.

At the first of a series of Summits scheduled in Limpopo, the Mining Sector came under the spotlight in Polokwane on Tuesday.

The SAPS at Mphephu have arrested 11 young men between 16 and 20 years in connection with the death of a 19-year-old man from Mamvuka Village.

Kutama’s favourite son did it again. Mbulaheni Mulaudzi achieved almost the impossible, when he won a silver medal in 800 meters in the Olympic Games in Athens last Saturday.

Chief Kennedy Midiyavhathu Tshivhase is the new chairman of the Soutpansberg Petroleum, SBP. This was announced during a ceremony that at Tusk Venda Hotel and Casino last Thursday evening.

Their employer froze contributions to their medical and housing allowances in 2001, and now, as the burden has been shifted to them, members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) have resumed with their demonstration at the Circuit Office of the Department of Education in Makhado this week.

Limpopo citizens were again reminded this week that tourism affects all sectors of the community, and that new jobs are created every time there is an influx of visitors.

The Limpopo traditional dancing group, comprised of Tshivenda, Xitsonga and Sepedi, thrilled the Scottish crowds, while performing their diverse traditional dances in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a visit to the United Kingdom.