DZANANI - After realising that pupils from Maname Paradise in Dzanani had to walk more than four kilometres to school at Tshikuwi Village, Dr Ntavhanyeni Phaswana founded the Combined Independent School at the settlement, in an effort to address the problem.

MAKHADO – The Makhado Regional Court sentenced Johannes Mulaudzi (28) of Matoks to 16 years imprisonment, for stealing a safe with six firearms, two hi-fi sets, a television set, clothes, a refrigerator and a Mitsubishi Canter at a farm in the Bandelierkop area on April 16, 2003.

HA-DAVHANA – By opening an electricity project at Ha-Davhana village last Saturday, the Makhado municipality made sure that the tragedy of a resident of the village burning to death by paraffin two years ago, does not happen again.

THOHOYANDOU - Approximately 424 families in the Thulamela Municipality area were left destitute, as their homes were blown down by the strong wind that accompanied a big storm last Saturday.

` TSHIFUDI - The Tshifudi Community threatened to stage a march on November 24, because of the delay of the police to arrest the suspect in the suspected murder of the 19 year-old Khathutshelo Mbedzi, whose mutilated body was found with a rope around his neck in his uncle's house at Tshifudi five month ago.

Onregmatige dade waarin kinders die slagoffers is, noodsaak lede van 'n gemeenskap om uit te roep " Los ons kinders uit!"

Ses mense wat vermoedelik betrokke was by 'n reeks gewapende misdade op Levubu, is aangekeer.

'n Kragonderbreking het Dinsdag verskeie ondernemings lamgelê en letterlik inwoners in die duister gedompel.

'n Bekende plaaslike besigheidsman, mnr. Ronnie Sutherland, het Woensdag (12de) hier in die landdroshof verskyn op klagte van korrupsie en bedrog. Dit volg nadat hy dieselfde dag deur lede van die lugmagpolisie gearresteer is.

Talle ontstoke motoriste dreig tans met regsaksie teen die Departement van Openbare Vervoer en individuele verkeersbeamptes, na aanleiding van 'n operasie waartydens 'n voertuig summier gekonfiskeer is en ander motoriste verbied is om verder te ry

Prof Ben van der Waal has been re-instituted in his post in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Venda for Science and Technology. The condition of the reinstitution of this internationally recognised academic is that he should "keep quiet" for the next five years.

A cloud of mystery still surrounds the events leading up to the fatal shooting of Mrs Shaida Ismail (43) on Sunday evening.