The mayor of the Musina Municipality, Cllr Mihloti Muhlope, is organising an urgent meeting with the police and community structures to find a way of dealing with the spate of criminal activities in Musina.

The Vhembe District Municipality urged residents of Louis Trichardt to use water sparingly amidst another problem on the main water supply from the Albasini dam.

Tribute was paid once more to the thousands of brave South Africans who marched towards certain death during the Battle of the Somme during the annual Delville Wood remembrance parade at the Moths’ Turbi Hills Shellhole in Louis Trichardt on Sunday.

“Dit was nie my tyd gewees nie …” Dit was die woorde van die 70-jarige mnr. Harry du Plessis wat Maandagmiddag deur drie mans op sy kleinhoewe aangeval, beroof en herhaaldelik met ‘n mes gesteek is. Die drama het omstreek 16:30 op een van die Rietvlei-kleinhoewes buite Louis Trichardt afgespeel.

In wat nou al ‘n gereelde gebeurtenis geword het, was Louis Trichardt se krane telkens sedert verlede Donderdag weer droog.

We encounter them in our communities every day – the people scouring for trash, pushing trolleys filled with boxes or glass bottles. Some have other means of securing a meagre income, such as performing duties as car guards, while others stand around waiting on street corners hoping to get a “piece job”.

Sixteen former South African Custodial Management (SACM) prison wardens appeared in the Louis Trichardt District Court on Friday, 5 July, on charges of aiding escapees and interference with correctional or custody officials.

Nog ‘n inwoner van die Soutpansberg is Maandagaand wreed op sy kleinhoewe buite Louis Trichardt aangeval.

The problems at municipalities are continuing and, to make matters worse, no culture seems to exist where individuals are being held responsible for transgressing laws. Municipalities are also using consultants at a huge cost to taxpayers to try and get their books in order retrospectively, instead of implementing regular controls.