More than 50 liquor outlets ranging from taverns and restaurants to lodges and distributors were visited in the Musina and Makhado area the past weekend as part of a liquor-awareness and law-enforcement operation.

Die Soutpansberg het vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar ‘n Top 8 finalis in die TLU SA se gewilde jaarlikse Jongboer van die Jaar kompetisie wat in samewerking met Ou Mutual Insure Agri, Manitou en Mahindra aangebied word.

Out of the 2 567 land claims lodged in Vhembe before 31 December 1998, only 196 are still outstanding. According to the Limpopo Land Claims Commission, letters will be sent to each of the claimants in the next two weeks informing them about the progress of the claims.

The mayor of Musina, Cllr Mihloti Muhlope, welcomed the new station commander of the Musina SAPS, Col Mmboneni Simon Mukwevho, last week.

Several patients who have been visiting the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital are not happy with the service and bad treatment that they continue to receive from the hospital.

Traffic fines have become big business in certain parts of the country, with municipalities budgeting on collecting millions of rands from motorists not complying with the various laws. Some municipalities even outsource the law enforcement to private companies to help catch the violators and to collect the money. It is therefore important for motorists to know what the law expects from them and how to avoid being fined for “technicalities”. One such technicality is the vehicle licence plate requirement.

The Minister of Police was dealt another blow with the High Court’s finding in favour of another plaintiff in yet another unlawful arrest and detention case.

Alle klagte teen die ses mans wat daarvan beskuldig is dat hulle in Oktober verlede jaar by Easy Build in Eltivillas ingebreek het, is so stilweg in die distrikshof op Louis Trichardt teruggetrek.

With crime spiralling out of control in the border town of Musina, residents recently took to the streets to voice their anger. It would seem that their cries for help did not go unheard.