Following the mysterious death of Ndamulelo Maswime, a Grade-10 learner at Luphai Secondary School in Maranzhe village in August last year, the local Restoration Christian Church built the grieving family a brand-new five-room house in Tshikunda village outside Thohoyandou.

A Limpopo-based woman, Ms Lindelani Sharon Livhebe, has started a cultural dance project, called Khari tshine Ma Africa Dance, meaning “let’s dance the African dances” in English. She is urging all South Africans to come and perform their dances in an effort to exhibit these cultural dances while also sharing vital educational lessons.

A total of 179 undocumented foreign nationals were arrested and deported back to Zimbabwe during a roadblock held in the first week of January this year on the N1 road in Musina. This was made public by the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, during his oversight visit to monitor the borderline between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

On 4 January, the Musina Local Municipality issued a warning through social media about crocodiles that were spotted in a stormwater channel in Matswale Phase 1.

The mysterious disappearance of six-year-old Imelani Mudau from Mukula village outside Thohoyandou has left local communities deeply worried.

The mayor of Musina local municipality, Cllr Godfrey Mawela, urged the members of the Nduvheni royal family in Ngalavhani village in the Mutale area to follow in the footsteps of their late traditional leader, Vhamusanda Rembuluwani Nduvheni, who dedicated his life to working for the people.

On 2 January, when the world was still celebrating the dawn of a new year, the Ramarope family from Tshikota were in mourning. They were shattered by the news that Direng Bernard Ramarope, an EMS official attached to the Makhado EMS station, had died in a fatal accident.

“A wise person has more than one stream of income in these tough economic times.” This is the point of view of Tshifhiwa Mafua (29) from the deep rural village of Madimbo outside Musina.

“All children in our country have the right to better education,” said the executive mayor of Vhembe District, Cllr Dowelani Nenguda, during the 2021 Children’s-Rights Awareness Campaign held at the Maniini All Black Sports Grounds on Friday, 10 December.

Tinyiko Maluleke, a Gauteng professor with ties to the Vhembe region, has been appointed the new vice-chancellor and principal of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).