Council's proposed twelve-person delegation to China for the signing of a Twinning Agreement this month, was on Monday reduced to only seven delegates during a special Council meeting.

Three men, Thomas Polile (50) of Mamelodi in Pretoria, Elias Mogwabane (51) of Mashishimale settlement in the Phalaborwa area and Solomon Mashaba (48) of Namakgale Township appeared briefly in the Namakgale magistrate's court on Monday on a charge of copper theft.

Another youth leader in the Tshivhase area, Avhatakali Christopher Nethononda, the secretary of the Tshivhase Youth Committee, lives in fear, following life threats he received at the Thohoyandou Magistrate's Court two weeks ago.

Die nasionale mediadiens van ABSA Bank het vandeesweek amptelik verskoning gevra vir enige verwarring wat geskep is rondom die moontlike naamsverandering van ABSA se Louis Trichardt-tak.

A renowned Professor in Biological Sciences, Prof Ben van der Waal was last week summarily dismissed from his duties as an employee of the University of Venda for Science and Technology.

Patrick Shaniseka Mdaka (37) of Mavele Village in the Nwamitwa area, who is also widely known as "Shakes," will spend the remaining part of his life in prison. His murder and rape cases were finalised in the Tzaneen High Court last Friday.

"We do not want to replace the name of Makhado with a name of any other person. We are saying that a neutral and uniting name such as that of a nearby mountain 'Zoutpansburg' or a nearby river would be more suitable, appropriate and accommodative to all communities in this cosmopolitan town of Louis Trichardt, but not a name of a particular person."

The Minister of Water Affairs, Mr Ronnie Kasrils was moved by a special gift he received from communities around the Nandoni Dam, during the official opening and handing over of houses to more than hundred (400) families who were moved from their original homes, after they were affected by the project of the dam.

It is still possible for Black Leopards to remain in the elite league next season, but the chances are remote. A closer look at the road ahead of them shows that anything is still possible though their chances are becoming narrow by the day.

Black Leopards enjoyed more ball possession from the onset up to the bitter end in their Castle Premiership League match against Jomo Cosmos at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday, but they finally suffered the pain of losing the game 1-2.

The former managing director of the defunct Rabali Blackpool Football Club and chairman of the then Dynamos Football Club, Mr Peter Rabali has appealed to all residents of the Limpopo Province to join hands towards the success of Black Leopards Football Club.

It is a matter of time before people of Musina could start tuning in to the pulsating sounds of their very own Musina FM.