Excitement is building up for the Makhado Carnival Show that will be presented at the Makhado Show Grounds next week. The festivities start on Thusrday the 26^th and will continue until Saturday the 28^th.

While a lot of attention is given to the plight of big game in the illegal wildlife trade, local animal advocates would like people to know more about what is happening to all the animals in the country, and what they can do to help them.

History lovers and readers from across the country learnt with shock and sadness about the passing on of the great historian, academic, scholar and veteran writer, Dr Mphaya Nemudzivhadi (87).

Several schools around Musina and Blouberg Municipality recently attended the De Beers Venetia Mine Career Guidance Expo, which encouraged them to consider careers in various areas.

The Matsila Community Development Trust, known for its prominent role in job creation and poverty eradication in rural communities, was pleasantly surprised by an unannounced visit by the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa.

“One life lost on our roads is one too many,” said Thulamela Mayor Mushoni Tshifhango when he participated in a traffic road block at Dzindi outside Thohoyandou on Friday. 

Nearly 400 initiates from six villages in the Hlanganani area were warmly welcomed back home with song and dance by excited community members at Chavani on Saturday.

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize, accompanied by the MEC for Coghsta, Jerry Ndou, and Collins Chabane Local Municipality’s mayor, Cllr Joyce Bila, met with the Malamulele Task Team and traditional leaders during a ministerial visit at the Malamulele Boxing Gym last Thursday.

Cllr Titus Netshipale of Musina Municipality described deceased municipal employee Mrs Shandukani Mercy Mutele as a hard worker whose contributions to the development of the people of Musina would live forever.