The Venda nation had their own links with the Far East many years before Jan van Riebeeck. This is the view of Professor Doctor Victor Ralushai, Consultant for Venda History.

"Ons weet wie die jagters is. Ons weet waar hulle bly en al kruip hulle nou vir 'n paar weke weg, sal hulle terugkom en gearresteer word," sê mnr. Jaco Nel van Soutpansberg Kriminele Ondersoek (SKO).

Dynamos welcomed their new coach, Mr Steve Komphela, in a dignified manner, by holding Sundowns Football Club to a 1-1 draw in their Castle Premiership League match that was played at the Giyani Stadium on Saturday.

Black Leopards came back with full points from their away Castle Premiership League fixture against the PSL rookies, Zulu Royals, when they beat them 3-2 in their tit-for-tat game that was played at the Absa Stadium in Durban on Sunday.

Four members of the Soutpansberg Cycling Club travelled to Ellisras on Saturday (25th) to take part in a race, which turned out to be a true test of endurance.

Black Leopards spent the whole of last season fighting for survival, but the situation looks different this season. Instead, the odds are against another Limpopo-based club, Dynamos Football Club, this season.

On May 4, 1977, a son was born for Magret and Wilson Nemukula at Nweli Village, near Mbahe. This son, his mother's second child, was named Philip Ntsudzuluseni Ndou. According to his mother, this boy was very healthy and full of energy. "He was a very respectful and understanding child," she said.

The Limpopo Rugby squad called Ndivhuwo Muthivhi, a student at the University of Venda, to tighten the provincial rugby squad a fortnight ago.

It was high drama when hundreds of children from the Nahakwe High School at the Lamondokop Village in the Sekgosese area ran amok and turned against their school principal, accusing him for "just folding his arms and look," while they were annually dying of what they described as witchcraft related illnesses.

The Thohoyandou Regional Court has convicted and sentenced a former inmate to a total of six years and nine month imprisonment, for stealing a police docket, attempted bribery, malicious damage to property and an attempt to defeat the ends of justice.

The former chairperson of the Northern Province East Regional Football Association (NPER), Mr Mulimisi Eric Muneri, has been appointed to serve in the South African Football Association (SAFA) standing committee on women's football

The MEC in the Office of the Premier, Mrs Catherine Mabuza, has vowed to help the limbless Tinyiko Catherine Gwambe of Tshilamba Village.