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Learners encouraged to protect our wetlands

News: 17 March 2024

The Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), in partnership with Limpopo Economic Development, Environment, and Tourism (LEDET) and the University of Venda (Univen), held a Wetland Day at Tshiheni village on Tuesday, 27 February, during which the names of the winners in the Lake Fundudzi Wetland Schools Competition were announced.

 

Tears of joy when 'lost' daughter returns home

News: 16 March 2024 By Victor Mukwevho

Tears of joy flowed when a 16-year-old girl who had disappeared without a trace in July last year was reunited with her family at Mulodi village last Thursday. This came after the story of the disappearance of Tshavhungwa Mmbengwa was reported in the Limpopo Mirror.

Bungeni comes alive while the Festival of the First Fruit kicks off

News: 16 March 2024 By Silas Nduvheni

The rural village of Bungeni's heritage site was alive with Tshivenda and Xitsonga traditional dances, such as tshigombela and xigubu, along with the drinking of marula beer on Friday, 8 March. This event was hosted and celebrated by the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), in conjunction with the Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture, marking the 2024 Vhembe District Ku Luma Vukanyi /U thetshela mukumbi/ Tasting of the marula beer (The Festival of the First Fruit).

Tsianda man dies after being attacked with angle grinder

News: 15 March 2024 By Elmon Tshikhudo

Last Sunday (10th), the community of Tsianda woke up to the sad news of the gruesome killing of a local man. The deceased, Mr Takalani Magodi (42), met his brutal end after being attacked by an assailant who used an angle grinder to cut and kill him.

Bullies must stop 'barbaric actions' says pastor at learner's funeral

News: 15 March 2024 By Victor Mukwevho

A 16-year-old student from Silemale Secondary School, Zwidofhela Netshiungani, who had allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday, 27 February after reportedly being bullied by other students at school, was laid to rest at the Khubvi Cemetery on Sunday morning.

Many questions as man shoot himself in the head

News: 15 March 2024 By Elmon Tshikhudo

Many unanswered questions still surround the death of a security officer. The man, identified as Mr Phathutshedzo Mmbibana (36), who previously resided in Itsani but had recently moved to Dzwerani Mvelaphanda in the Vuwani area, allegedly took his own life by shooting himself in the head.

Gardener may have saved boss's life, court hears

News: 15 March 2024 By Silas Nduvheni

When the Radzuma brothers’ murder case resumed in the Limpopo High Court in Thohoyandou on Monday, the court heard how a gardener might have saved the life of one of the officials of the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM).

Not in front of the children!

News: 15 March 2024 By Maanda Bele

A clinical social worker, Ms Pfarelo Mathivha of the Isa Foundation, has warned parents to stop having sexual intercourse in front of children. This follows after the news broke that a three-year-old girl was raped by two nine-year-old boys in Ngwenani ya Themeli.

 

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Post-mortem must say if man's death was murder or suicide?

News: 14 March 2024 By Maanda Bele

The family of a 31-year-old soccer star, Morricheal Mudau, said they were left with many unanswered questions after the body of their son was found in the bushes in Vondwe village. Mudau was found not far from his home village, Mbahe Tshilatshe, where he stayed with his mother.

Well-known inventor, Prof Mulalo Doyoyo, dies

News: 14 March 2024 By Victor Mukwevho

One of South Africa's most educated sons, who was an engineer, an inventor, and a professor, Mulalo Reuben Doyoyo, passed away at his house in Kyalami Estates, Johannesburg, last week.

Please bring my daughter home, pleads mother

News: 10 March 2024 By Victor Mukwevho

The mother of a 16-year-old girl who disappeared without a trace in July last year says that, deep down in her heart, she believes that her teenage girl will come back home alive one day. Ms Rendani Mushaphi (38), a mother of three from Mulodi village in the Thengwe area, said in an interview that her daughter, Tshavhungwe Mmbengwa, had disappeared on 22 July last year shortly after she had returned from school.

Vendors worried about losing their income

News: 09 March 2024 By Silas Nduvheni

Street vendors who sell their wares and food near the Matidze Complex and the now-abandoned multi-million-rand model taxi rank in Thohoyandou are up in arms, accusing the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) of not respecting their right to vukuzenzela (to get up and do things for themselves). The vendors are fed up with having to deal with a burst water pipe near the complex, which causes a stream of stream of water to spill past their stalls.

Thengwe residents demand fair process when appointing security guards

News: 09 March 2024 By Silas Nduvheni

Angry residents from Thengwe and surrounding communities in the Mutale area blocked the entrance to the newly built Thengwe clinic on Wednesday, 28 February. They raised various complaints, with the most significant concern being the recruitment process for new security guards.

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