A well-known reggae artist in the Far North is considering suing a taxi driver, who assaulted him during a Black Leopards/Ria Stars game at the Thohoyandou Stadium early this year.

In a continued display of top-down "democracy", the Makhado Municipal Council decided this week that the existing town of Makhado should now change its name to Dzanani.

Obviously-confused councillors heard this week that a spear, in the African cultural context, symbolises peace and harmony. The subject was a proposed new coat of arms for the Makhado Municipality.

Thousands of community members from the Tshivhase areas marched to the area commissioner's office at Sibasa last Thursday, and expressed their lost hope in the police "for their failure to make arrests in the dragging murder cases in the area".

Sowat 150 rolbalspelers van regoor Suid-Afrika, sommige van so ver as Kleinmond en Kaap Augulhas, het vanjaar weer hier saamgetrek vir deelname aan die Bosveld Bowls "Waar die Grotes Val" toernooi.

Levubu se eerste en tweede rugbyspanne het Vrydag (14de) ietwat die wind van voor gekry, toe hulle albei hul wedstryde teen MAC Messina verloor het.

While most of the Solly's League teams have already wrapped up their league activities for the current season, some still have a match or two to finish at the end of the long season.

The Greater Giyani Municipality has put aside an amount of R3 million for the upgrading of the Giyani Stadium.

The local derby between Valdezia Santos and their neighbours, Valdezia Liverpool, ended in a goalless draw.

Dinga Black Heroes have booked a place in the next round of the prestigious MMK Insurance KO competition. This follows their 4-1 victory over Tshiozwi Dynamos in their fast- flowing game that was played at the Thohoyandou Block F grounds on Monday.

South African National Parks has been flooded with inquiries regarding accommodation in the northern section of the Kruger National Park in December, when a total solar eclipse will focus worldwide attention on the area.

The community of Madombidzha, west of Louis Trichardt, is up in arms against an "illegal mortuary" that was built in a residential area despite their objections.