The future looks bleak for a poverty-stricken family of Khubvi, near Mutale. Nyanise Tsakane Ngwenyane (68), her daughter Dorcus Ndou and her five grandchildren are struggling to make ends meet with Nyanise's pension grant.

The Makhado Municipality this week announced the names of the five newly appointed directors, who will be directly accountable to the Municipal Manager.

Ernstige vrae het ontstaan oor die gedrag van die LUR vir Veilligheid en Sekuriteit na haar erg omstrede openbare aanval op 'n polisie-offisier die afgelope week.

The Thohoyandou High court has shown that there is no room or mercy for rapists and criminals by sentencing a 68-year-old man to two life terms imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter on two occasions at Ha-Budeli village last December and in February this year.

Monday, August 19, is the D-Day for Dorcus Mado Pitso, co-owner of the Kopanang//Tanganani Pyramid scheme, as she will be knowing if the court is going to give or deny her bail.

The Northern Province North East Region Netball Association will stage a tournament today, Friday 9 August. In a statement from the association, it is reported that the tournament will be known as Capricorn Baking Netball Festival.

Dynamos are leaving no stone unturned in preparation for the kick-off of the Premier League activities.

Thohoyandou Stadium is expected to be packed to capacity, when the pride of the Far North, Black Leopards lock horns with Santos in a BP Top 8 fixture.

It is the same Santos that shamed Leopards in front of their home crowd when they beat them 4-1 in a league fixture last season.

The Mutale Municipal Manager, Mr Thiathu Godfrey Netshanzhe, visited Botswana recently.

The Northern Region for the Department of Transport will stage a drivers' competition at the Thohoyandou Stadium parking area tomorrow, Saturday August 10.

A well-known local artist, Bishop Roxley Masevhe, also a veteran in gospel music has been re-elected to serve in the board of directors by members of the South African Recording Rights Association Limited (Sarral).

An urgent appeal to the Provincial Government to intervene in the unbearable unhealthy conditions in areas under the jurisdiction of the ANC controlled Musina municipality, was lodged this week.