Die N.G. Kerk Soutpansberg-gemeente se sewende jaarlikse 4x4-ekspedisie het die afgelope naweek weer vir 'n onvergeetlike ervaring gesorg met talle van die streek se 4x4-entoesiaste wat 'n iewat nat en modderige Soutpansberg aangedurf het.

The Makhado Municipality was nominated as the best Municipality of the year in the Limpopo Province for housing service delivery. For this achievement, the Municipality received a certificate and a trophy from the deputy Provincial and National chairperson of the Institute of Housing, Mr Abram Luruli, during a ceremony at the Bergwater Hotel in Louis Trichardt on Tuesday (October 1).

Four American F15E Strike Eagle fighter planes last week graced the skyline over Louis Trichardt as part of a weeklong training exercise between the United States Air Force and the South African Air Force.

Two residents of Mozambique, Jone Oscar Muchanga (31) and Fernando Rafael Nube (35) will each spend the next twelve years in jail for rape. Their case was finalised in the Waterval Regional Court on Monday.

Waiting in long queues will be part and parcel of travelling on the N1 between Louis Trichardt and Musina for many months to come.

Although there was a heavy shower, community members and the MEC for Transport, Dr Tshenuwani Farisani led a march against the escalation of road accidents in the Nzhelele area last Friday.

Come the first week of December, Thulamela Municipality will be a hive of activities. According to the path of the 2002 solar eclipse, most areas of Thulamela Municipality are within the 100% eclipse zone.

'n Naweekblaaskans by die see het Sondag, 22 September, tragies geëindig vir een van die dorp se jong inwoners, die 20-jarige Arnold Wolmarans, nadat hy by Ramsgate aan die Natalse kus verdrink het.

A court interdict was issued to stop the installation of a new chief at the Funyufunyu village last Saturday.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag se besluit om beide die Hawk- en Gripen-vegvliegtuie op LMB Louis Trichardt te stasioneer, en nie by LMB Hoedspruit nie, het die afgelope week gemengde reaksie ontlok.

The situation was still tense at Tsianda Village at the time of going to press, following the disappearance of a local resident, Mr Daniel Mashau (28). He disappeared on September 20.

It will be another tough battle for Bungeni Young Tigers when they pay a visit to the much-feared Giyani United this weekend.