Two schools in the Elim area brought home literature-based prizes they had won during the Funda Mzantsi Championship, which was recently held at George in the Western Cape Province.
The MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Mr Dickson Masemola, said a need existed to educate people on matters relating to crime and how to combat it.
While communities use the festive season for fun and relaxation, to some people it brings some opportunities to perform criminal activities. This year, members of the South African Youth Against Crime (SAYAC) have promised a safe and crime-free festive season.
“You cannot unscramble a scrambled egg” was, in short, the message that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) sent to Limpopo High Court judge George Phatudi. Judge Phatudi ruled in 2018 that all cases in which “attorney” Vhutshilo Nange had appeared for clients be declared null and void. Judge Phatudi’s ruling was overturned by the SCA this week, which came as a relief to many people who had made use of Nange’s services as legal representative.
“There is no need to budget for drilling more boreholes in our area,” said Gilbert Muofhe from the Kutama Traditional Council. He said the municipality should rather spend the money on repairing and maintaining the existing infrastructure.
The Musina-based community radio station, Musina FM, has been fraught with problems of maladministration, mismanagement and the misuse of funds for years now, but those who purport to be the “management” deny that any “problems” exist at the radio station.
The local agricultural unions welcomed the renewed efforts by the police to implement rural safety strategy plans. The police’s revised plans were announced by the Minister of Police, Gen Bheki Cele during a visit to the area last Friday.
Communities in the rural Muledane village outside Thohoyandou are still in a state of shock after two children died after falling from a makeshift bridge into a ditch filled with water at Muledane on Saturday afternoon.
The principal of Dzata secondary school, Mrs Luvhalani Bridget Sinyosi, recently won an award for excellence in secondary leadership during the 20th national teaching awards ceremony at the Ranch Hotel outside Polokwane.
With the opening of the state-of-the-art Thavhani Mall in Thohoyandou a few years ago, the number of commuters who regularly go there for shopping has increased tremendously. They experienced many difficulties, however, in getting transport to and from the mall.
Well-known traditional healer Alufheli Nemavhola Tshiphotho (42) has issued a strong warning to fake traditional healers who mislead community members with the aim of ripping them off and taking their hard-earned cash.
