A popular traditional healer, Mr Freddy Nemukula (74) of Tshidimbini Village, was allegedly shot and killed by a man who claimed to be his patient. The incident took place last Tuesday.

After pleading guilty to a charge of indecent assault in November last year, 21-year-old Linus van Niekerk was finally sentenced last Friday.

Van Niekerk confessed to molesting an 11-year-old boy on at least five different occasions over a period of a year. The fact that he is the son of a local pastor, Pastor Hennie van Niekerk from the Abundant Life Ministries, sent shockwaves through the community.

The dispute over the headmanship at Murangoni Village was taken to the Thohoyandou High Court on Tuesday.

Die geskiedenis van gimnastiek in die dorp die afgelope 33 jaar is amper sinoniem met Giel en Renette Nel. Giel het onlangs aangekondig dat hy na 22 jaar as hoof gimnastiekafrigter gaan uittree.

Een van Suid-Afrika se mees belowende sportsterre, en leerling van Hoërskool Louis Trichardt, Marli Knoetze, het met die aanbreek van die nuwe atletiekseisoen reeds weer vir 'n opskudding gesorg.

Two residents of Bogaga Village near Tzaneen, Tomy Vincent Lipulana (28) and Abna Mokoena (27) will each spend the next 65 years behind the bars. Their armed robbery case was finalised in the Tzaneen Regional Court last Friday.

The Madimbo Community and the surrounding villages are threatening to take the South African National Defence Force to court, after the SANDF refused to give the Madimbo Corridor back to its former occupants.

The Madimbo Community and the surrounding villages are threatening to take the South African National Defence Force to court, after the SANDF refused to give the Madimbo Corridor back to its former occupants.

The police in Mopani have arrested nine suspects and charged them with murder, following incidents that took place in the area over the past weekend.

Suliman Ismail (44), who was arrested following the death of his wife, Mrs Shaida Ismail (43), at their home on November 9 last year, again appeared in court on Friday, January 30.

Two young men will each spend 12 years in jail, after they were found guilty of rape at Gandlanani Village near Giyani.

Die skoolhoof van die Emmanuel Christian School, mev. Sandy James, het die afgelope week deur haar prokureur gereageer op verlede week se voorbladartikel rakende haar hofverskyning en die Linus van Niekerk-saak.