Die Boveldbal wat verlede Vrydagaand by die Mogolsaal in Lephalale aangebied is het nie net die nuwe Mej. Bosveld aan ons bekendgestel nie, maar het ook aan feesgangers die geleentheid gegee om die verbeelding vlug te gee met die tema Gatsby.

Toe Anel Moolman van die Kameeldoring Dierekliniek besluit het om ‘n spesiale dag ten bate van die plaaslike Dierebesker-mingsvereniging (DBV) te reël op 5 Julie, kon sy nie droom hoeveel ondersteuning sy vanuit die gemeenskap sou ontvang nie. Sonder sukkel is daar R5 800 in een middag ingesamel vir dié goeie saak.

The dictionary defines an 'Apprenticeship' as job training that involves following and studying a master at the trade. For many aspiring models and actresses there is no one better to learn from than well known designer, actress and model - Angelique Gerber.

As dit nie vir die bydraes van die kerk en organisasies soos Mutual & Federal Agri en fondsinsamelingsprojekte soos die Brille & Pille saamtrek was nie, sou die Piet Potgieter Monument Ouetehuis in Mokopane nie na behore vir sy inwoners kon sorg nie. So het die tehuis se bestuurder, Mariana van Tonder, onlangs tydens ‘n kinder/ouerdag by die tehuis aan haar inwoners se kinders gesê.

Weer te sien by hierdie jaar se Bosveldfees in Lephalale is Suid-Afrika se jongste konsertina speler - Kosie Beukes (6).

Northern News received several photos of what is called processionary caterpillars this week. These are the caterpillars of the processionary moth and are very prevalent at the moment because of the higher than normal rainfall we had in the Bushveld.

Laerskool Krugerpark se koor het onlangs aan die ATKV Applous Streeksfees in Polokwane deelgeneem waar hulle ‘n silwer toekenning verwerf het.

Bosveldfees 2014 program en kompetisievorms.

Mogalakwena Residents Association (MRA) chairman, Madimetja Piet Pale, was killed near his home in Mahwelereng in what many claim to be a political assassination on Saturday night.

Voorstelle deur minister Gigile Nkwiti, minister van landelike ontwikkeling en grondhervorming dat helfte van kommersiële plase aan plaaswerkers oorgedra moet word, het groot opspraak in die landbougemeenskap gewek. Die minister het landbou-unies daarvan beskuldig dat hulle nie met daadwerklike planne vir grondhervorming vorendag kom nie

‘n 37-jarige man, wat as 'n voorman op 'n plaas in die Steenbokpan-omgewing werk, is Saterdag gearresteer en aangekla in terme van die Limpopo omgewingsbestuurswet (LEMA) wet 7/2003 vir die onwettige besit van ‘n beskermde spesie. Volgens Adjudant offisier Frans Mokoena wil dit voorkom of die verdagte ‘n luiperd in ‘n hok ingelok het deur ‘n Nyala karkas binne in ‘n hok te plaas. Die Nyala is glo vroeër deur die luiperd doodgebyt. Wilbewaarders, Johannes Mothoni en Piet Mokiba, het op ‘n anonieme oproep gereageer en die luiperd in die verdagte se besit aangetref. Die verdagte is op R1 000 borgtog vrygelaat en het in die Lephalale landroshof verskyn Maandag. Die saak is uitgestel tot 21 Julie.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty on several charges of rape and one count of house breaking in the Mahwelereng regional court last week.

Protech Kuthele (Pty) Limited, one of the contractors at Boikarabelo mine outside Lephalale, has applied to court to terminate its business rescue proceedings and be placed in liquidation, Resource Generation (ResGen) announced. Protech Kuthele was undertaking the earthworks for the rail link, the site infrastructure and the roads. It has removed all staff from the mine site and terminated all activities. ResGen announced that the unforeseen development is expected to delay the completion of the project by three to six months, with first coal production now estimated for the first half of 2016. “Based on the previous competitive tender process, ResGen does not expect any difficulty in appointing an alternative earthworks contractor.,” the statement added.

Members of the South African municipal workers union (Samwu) downed tools on Monday demanding a clear separation between the political and administrative structures within the Lephalale municipality. According to the regional secretary of SAMWU, Patric Aphane, there is too much political interference within the structures of the Lephalale municipality.

Only 7 000 Medupi workers clocked in for work on Tuesday with some 600 leaving the premises soon after to join National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) members outside Gate 2 as part of the nationwide strike in the metal industry.