When the marula fruit starts to ripen between January and March each year, the Vhavenda people know the time has come to start making U luma mukumbi/Ukuluma Vukanyi (marula beer).
The late Pastor Matsidiso Evelina Ragimana of the Living Gospel World Mission Church in Tshilivho, Ha-Makhuvha, will be remembered as a carer for the poor and vulnerable in society.
The Covid-19 pandemic is real. One only has to read the papers or watch people crying over their loved ones who had caught the virus to believe it. But are people really taking health regulations, such as social distancing and the wearing of facemasks, seriously?
A poor family from Mashau-Mavhina are being charged R3 000 by the royal council to bury their daughter in the village cemetery, but say that there is no way for them to come up with that money. The family did not contribute to the communal funeral scheme and now have to pay the penalty to bury their loved one.
The past week’s heavy rains claimed at least one life and left serious damage to roads and bridges in the Nzhelele valley.
Ngobeni Nompumelelo, a 2020 matric learner from the Rivoni School for the Blind near Elim, secured herself a spot among the top 2020 achievers in the province.
Prayer, hard work, believing in yourself and not limiting yourself are the reasons behind the success of the Phiphidi village based Fhulufhelo Merriam Mudau, one of the top three 2020 matriculants in Limpopo.
The Limpopo MEC for Education, Ms Polly Boshielo complimented the class of 2020 during the announcement of this year’s matric results in Polokwane on Monday (23rd). The class of 2020 achieved a provincial pass rate of 68.2%, and although this is a decline of 5% from 2019, Boshielo said that she was proud of the learners for their hard work, despite challenges like access to online learning resources.
The Albasini reached full capacity on Monday (22 Feb) and the sluices were opened.
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuza, who visited the Beitbridge Border Post on 15 February to witness the state of preparedness, praised members of the SANDF for their successful efforts in protecting the border. He visited the border post shortly after 20 border jumpers were intercepted.
The executive mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality, Cllr Dowelani Nenguda, assured residents of Sane that the disaster management team, in conjunction with the Department of Roads and Infrastructure, would work around the clock to re-construct the Sane bridge, as well as the pedestrian makeshift cable bridge.
