Met mooi herinnering neem familie afskeid van Hennie (Hendrik Jacobus) Pretorius, 'n eggenoot, pa en oupa wat op Saterdag, 20 Julie, in die ouderdom 73 jaar om 13:00 aan 'n hartaanval oorlede is. Hy was gelukkig nie alleen nie, maar by sy vrou Marie by sy huis op sy stoep.

McDonald’s Suid-Afrika het ‘n veldtog geloods wat daarop gemik is om verbruikers meer te vertel oor die kwaliteit van hul voedselprodukte, asook die klem wat die maatskappy plaas op volhoubare produksie en etiese werkswyses by verskaffers.

Bergcare op Louis Trichardt het Dinsdag, 23 Julie, sekerlik hulle grootste enkele skenking ontvang ten bedrae van R176,000 van die Rotariërs van Louis Trichardt. Die oomblik was egter bittersoet, aangesien dit ook die laaste amptelike aksie van dié klub was wat ná dese nie meer bestaan nie.

The infighting between two factions within the ANC in Vhembe seems to be getting more intense, and the power balance may be shifting, judging by what happened during the Makhado Municipality’s Council meeting on Monday. Several ANC councillors ignored the ANC Vhembe Region’s instruction to boycott the meeting and went ahead to permanently appoint Godfrey Raliphada as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

The Road Agency Limpopo (RAL), the responsible authority for the busy R522 road between Louis Trichardt and Vivo, has come under severe criticism over the past few months for the snail's pace at which preventative maintenance is taking place. In mid-April this year, large parts of the road’s surface were completely removed, turning sections into a deadly dirt-road deathtrap.

Ná die verwoestende swartryp sowat drie weke gelde en ewe verwoestende brande net daarna het ‘n vergadering plaasgevind tussen TLU SA Noord/Limpopo en die pas-aangestelde hoof van die provinsiale rampbestuursentrum in die provinsie, dr. Takie Makananisa. Die vergadering het op 17 Julie plaasgevind.

The status quo remained unchanged this week at the beleaguered Alliance Fuel, and on Wednesday morning all of its depots were still closed, with the staff prohibited from doing any business. Alliance Fuel was closed by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) following a raid on 10 July.

“Dit is ‘n wonderwerk dat ek nog leef,” sê Daleen Venter van Louis Trichardt wat tans slegs 6% van die gebruik van haar niere oor het.