Eskom announced on Monday that it would be suspending its planned load shedding schedule for the week after the return of some of its generators to service saw an improvement in their generation capacity.
Eskom will continue to implement load shedding from 18 to 22 January this week.
When the government gave the vuk’uzenzele mantra, thereby encouraging citizens to start their own small businesses as a way of job creation, Unarine Muade did not waste time in responding.
“I do not know what to do anymore or who to approach, so that I can also be allocated an RDP house. It’s been almost 20 years that I’ve been staying in a dilapidated one-room house with my 26-year-old son,” said Mbedzi Fulufhedzani (53), a resident from the Tshitereke area outside Thohoyandou.
Musina Municipality has come under pressure from a group of disabled residents who feel that their rights are not being respected and that the municipality is not doing enough to assist them.
Speaker after speaker described the late Mr Tshimangadzo Johannes Tshiololi, better known as “TJ”, as a giant tree that had fallen. Tshiololi died on Tuesday night, 5 January, in the Mediclinic in Tzaneen after a short illness that was confirmed to be Covid-19 related.
A 19-year-old diesel mechanic student from Musina TVET College was recently crowned as the first Miss Musina FM.
Thovhele Vho-Rudzani Harold Sinthumule (55), a senior traditional leader of Sinthumule, died on Saturday, 9 January, at his home in Tshiozwi after a long illness.
Beneficiaries still waiting to be compensated after being relocated when the Nandoni Dam was constructed are threatening to take the law into their own hands and close the taps at the dam, leaving communities without water.
Mphodo Ramunenyiwa Thidiela (57), wife of the Black Leopards FC’s owner, died in the Netcare Pholoso Hospital in Polokwane on Friday, 8 January.
A well-known local businessman, community leader, and philanthropist, James Nditsheni Mukwevho (68), died only a few days after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.
After retiring as a football player, the former Black Leopards’ player, Mr Eric Ramavhale, has decided to impart his skills to the next generation by establishing a football academy. According to him Ramaeric Football Academy will be officially launched during a ceremony at the Thavhani Mall grounds tomorrow (Saturday). He stated that the academy will only admit children whose ages range between nine and seventeen years.
It was again time for local cyclists to unbox the Christmas lights and decorate their bicycles as part of the annual Jingle Bell Toy Ride in Louis Trichardt that took part on Friday, 4 December.
Dj Dumza is a beat-maker whose talents are clearly reflected in the music he produces.
