The community around Kutama were over the moon when the Tshikwarani-to-Zamenkomste road was officially opened at Manavhela last Friday. The road was built at an estimated amount of R16 million.

Limpopo celebrated National Children’s Day at Tshilidzini Special School in Shayandima outside Thohoyandou last Saturday.

Residents of Budeli, Tshikhudini, Mphego and other nearby villages around Madzivhandila Agricultural College are up in arms about the college.

Thulamela Local Municipality recently held its senior citizens’ annual celebration at the Mutale Town Hall in Tshilamba.

Unemployed people at Makuya stand to gain meaningful employment. The area, some kilometres from Thohoyandou, was hard hit when Tshikondeni mine closed shop and many locals lost their jobs. This will, however, soon be history.

A school is seen within every community as a place where children acquire the building blocks for their future, but when criminals armed with a fire-arm and knives brazenly threaten the security officer and rob the school of its moveable property, this becomes just another chapter of the sad story that is modern-day society.

The MEC for Social Development, Ms Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana, has warned that she will make sure that “blessers” who impregnate school children will be arrested.

The acting regional manager of the Department of Higher Education and training, Mr Frans Ramonyatse, has urged the provincial institutes of higher learning such as universities and TVET Colleges to work together.

Magangeni Primary School at Malamulele is a school that does not even have a library. The school has, however, produced an achiever.

An application to liquidate the embattled VBS Mutual Bank will be heard in the High Court next Tuesday (13^th). A group of local shareholders and account holders have, however, vowed to fight back, saying that the bank can still be rescued and that the funds can be raised to make it profitable again.