The conflict within the Ravele Communal Property Association (CPA) seems to be far from resolved. The CPA’s annual general meeting, scheduled to take place on 8 February, was disrupted and had to be postponed again.
Matodzi Annah Magwala, who has been the interim headwoman at Gogobole since 2008, was told by the Polokwane High Court last week to relinquish her position as traditional leader. She may no longer perform any of the customary functions, such as the granting of occupational rights, and she may not receive any gifts as headwoman.
The police closed some taxi ranks in Musina earlier this week and threatened to close down more routes, should the feud between two rival taxi associations not be resolved. This is the latest development in the fight between the Beit Bridge Taxi Association (BTA) and the LTT Musina Taxi Association.
Eskom announced that Stage 2 load shedding will continue in Vhembe until Sunday, 23 February. The schedule for the weekend is as follows:
Hundreds of people from all corners of Vuwani gathered at the Tshino Mighty Sports Grounds a fortnight ago to witness the installation of a new senior traditional leader for the Nesengani tribe, Thovhele Ndivheni Nesengani.
Thovhele Vho-Mutheiwana Joseph Mugivhi was inaugurated as the new leader of the Mugivhi tribe at the Ha-Mutsha Sports Grounds last Friday. His installation as traditional leader follows a long battle that had even found its way through the courts.
Residents of Gogobole and surrounding areas of Sinthumule went on the rampage and barricaded the main road from the villages to Louis Trichardt on Wednesday.
With the beginning of the mukumbi/marula/vukanyi season, the rural village of Malamangwa-Tshamutavha near Ha-Matsika outside Thohoyandou organised and celebrated the so-called muhwedzo wa u luma mukumbi (tasting of the first fruit) or ku luma vukanyi ceremony last Saturday.
Hundreds of people gathered at Mshongoville, Musina, to pay their last respects to Aamina Violet Milanzi (37), who passed away last Monday.
About 33 families in Mushongo Ville, Limpopo, are living in limbo. Their houses are in the path of a new road. For years they have been unable to develop their properties, not knowing exactly when they will be relocated for the construction of the road.
A former police officer and pastor of Rhema Kingdom Life, W/O Thinandavha Muligwe (55) of Tshishushuru village near Lwamondo, who was killed a fortnight ago when the driver of an unknown motor vehicle hit and killed him while he was exercising with his friend, was described as a hardworking policeman who had loved his job.
