- Black Leopards, the town's own professional football sensations and Premier Soccer League players, have come out strongly against farm attacks and will liase with farmers.

Muthelo Mulaudzi-Netsianda celebrated her 101st year in style, as her grandchildren organized her a colourful birthday party. The party was held at Ha-Ramukhuba, Vuwani, on Saturday afternoon.

Since his department is committed to providing the poorest of the poor with low-cost houses, the MEC for Local Government and Housing, Mr Joe Maswanganyi, presented 300 houses in the area of jurisdiction of the Musina Municipality at the Malale Primary School sportsgrounds on Sunday.

Learners from different secondary schools in the jurisdiction of the Makhado Municipality, teachers, circuit managers and community members witnessed the launching of a R300 000 bursary scheme at the Makhado Showgrounds last Friday.

Traditional leaders in the former Venda are not happy with the salaries they are getting from the government.

If the provincial office of the Congress of Traditional Leaders Association of South Africa (Contralesa) accepts the decision made by the Vhembe branch, Thovhele Kennedy Midiyavhathu Tshivhase will lead Contralesa in the Vhembe region.

The police at Malamulele have opened a case of murder and an inquest docket, following an incident that took place at the Mulamula village near Malamulele last Saturday night.

Two elderly men, whose identities cannot be revealed on the basis that the complainants are closely related to them, briefly appeared in the Saselemani magistrate court on Monday on a charge of rape.

"We need peace to create a condition of safety and security. People must fight against crime, rape and robbery, and destroy this demon that is destroying our communities," said the Minister of Safety and Security, Mr Charles Ngcakula. He visited the Vhembe Area as part of his Imbizo programme on Tuesday.

About ten families of Tshitangani, about 57km from Thohoyandou, were left homeless, when a fire burnt their huts to the ground last Monday.

A young disabled girl, Tinyiko Catherine Gwambe (8), of Tshilamba, under the Mutale Municipality, has a dream to walk, but it will only happen if the government and businesspeople will provide her with artificial limbs

Representatives of the Limpopo Geographical Names Council attended the launching of the Vhembe District Municipality's Geographical Names Committee, during a ceremony held in the former parliamentary chamber in Thohoyandou on Monday.