When a young woman from Maraxwe village received a portion of farming land from her father, she decided to make the most of the opportunity. Today, she is making steady inroads in the market with her produce, such as her specially blended mango achar.

The traditional leader of Tshikhudini village, near Folovhodwe, Vhamusanda Vho Piet Munyai, urged fellow traditional leaders to work closely with the government to bring development to their villages. Vho Munyai addressed politicians, representatives of community stakeholders, and villagers during the official handover of the completed Tshikhudini Community Hall last Friday.

A resident of Elim Mingati, Ms Julia Miyeni, is now fed up with complaining about a blocked sewer that is causing her home to flood. Whenever the family steps into the kitchen to cook a meal, they have to tiptoe on a slippery floor filled with faeces. The family members have not been able to enjoy their food because of the smell.

Yet another R16-million is about to be pumped into the infamous Thohoyandou taxi rank, also described as an “intermodal transport facility”. The project was started some 14 years ago, with R350-million spent on what consumers describe as a really expensive “white elephant”.

The recent discovery of a body in the bushes at Khalavha outside Siloam has raised concerns and angered the local community. The body, later identified as that of Mr Tshifhiwa Mushweu of Vhutuwangadzebu in Dzanani, was discovered by a passerby in bushes on Tuesday, 2 April at about 18:35. He went missing on Sunday, 31 March, after receiving a call from an unknown person.

Former Triegie Sungu Khosa's acting career is really taking off. Most recently, he starred in the latest Chicken Licken television advertisement.

The mysterious death of a 60-year-old woman from Hamanavhela has left residents in fear, wondering where the killer or killers could be lurking. Other women from the area have also been discouraged from venturing into the bushes where the naked body of the woman was found.

More than 7,000 mourners braved a rainy Sunday morning to pay their respects to gospel singer and businesswoman Funanani Patience Mbedzi Mundalamo, who was killed while leading a worshiping choir at the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Church at Makonde Shadani on 30 March. She was laid to rest at the Khubvi Cemetery on Sunday, 7 April.

In what seems to be a freak accident, a 21-year-old resident of Mpheni Block A died last week when a brick wall fell on him.

The five men accused of murdering Collins Chabane Mayor, Cllr Moses Maluleke (56), have been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Polokwane High Court on Thursday, 11 April.

Controversial religious leader Prophet Innocent Muritho has lashed out at people spreading rumours on social media that he was intoxicated when he was involved in a head-on collision with a police vehicle on Saturday.

The children of the murdered Ms Ester Simethi say they will never find closure as long as the case drags on. Simethi (47), a nurse from Haraliphaswa in Nzhelele, met her untimely death when four men shot her at point-blank range. The hit-style murder took place in the evening of 1 January 2018 while she was relaxing after work.

The victims in an arson case were fuming after the court issued suspended sentences to 12 of the people who set fire to their property in 2015.