The executive mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality, Cllr Dowelani Nenguda, will deliver his first State of the District Address (SODA) on Thursday (27 June).

Public schools in Limpopo Province are allowed to dispose of their old school furniture in any manner they want, even if it means selling the desks for scrap metal.

Sybil Kubayi, a nurse at the Nkhensani Clinic in Chavani village, is chasing her dream. Her dream, however, does not focus on her own needs but rather on those of the pensioners in her community. She wants to provide a safe haven for them where they are properly being cared for.

The first thing that draws any person to Lufuno Khakhu is her perfect and brilliant smile. She seems to contain an infectious happiness about life, so that those around her cannot help but feel rejuvenated by just looking at her.

“How old are you?” I asked the young man sitting near the dumpster at the Shoprite centre in Louis Trichardt. Earlier he had told me that his name was Brightmore Mukaranga*.

“There is nothing more fulfilling than being honoured by your own people when you are still alive. This clearly demonstrates that people value the contributions that you do when you are on this earth. My contributions are not for a name or fame; I just feel that one should be part of the community that you live in.”

Residents of Thohoyandou and surrounding areas who use the Mbaleni graveyard are up in arms with the Thulamela Municipality.

Well-known Limpopo traditional healer Vho Maine Matamba Mamuremi has made startling claims that the gods have visited him and revealed to him they are not happy about Vhavenda women’s using contraceptives.

In an incident that has shocked the Madodonga community, two gogos, Ms Elisa Maraga (67) and the disabled Ms Munaka Mudau (63), died in a fire on Tuesday night.

NEWS: “It was a sad Father’s Day on Sunday, not only for our family, but for many others in Limpopo. He was a father figure to many, including communities, churches and orphanages.”