Vhembe District

Hope for rural NPO after their eviction

Our Health

LIMPOPO – The Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP), a rural domestic violence NGO evicted from their offices in December, has been given renewed hope thanks to a generous donation.

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
February 14, 2019

Efforts to contain foot and mouth outbreak

Our Health

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has confirmed that it has put control measures in place to curb the spread of foot and mouth disease in Limpopo.

Mogale Mojela
January 15, 2019

Villagers left without water after bad municipal investments

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LIMPOPO - Vhembe District Municipality, responsible for providing water services to the entire district, appears to have lost over R 300 million which was invested with the embattled VBS Mutual Bank.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 9, 2018

Rural students lead initiative to clean the environment

Health, Our Health

LIMPOPO - After realising that local rivers in the Vhembe district have been polluted by uninformed villagers who don’t understand the importance of the clean environment to their health, young students have made it their priority to clean and educate people about health benefits of clean environment.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 7, 2018

Residents halt water project until they get jobs

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LIMPOPO - A water project meant to supply Mashau village and surrounding villages in Vuwani with clean drinking water is under threat after residents who were promised temporary employment at the project were not hired.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 2, 2018

Nurses stop working after hours over safety concerns

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LIMPOPO - Nurses at Mutale Health Centre in Tshilamba, outside Thohoyandou, have stopped working after hours, saying they do not feel safe at night inside dilapidated and damaged buildings.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
July 13, 2018

‘Young people do not like using condoms’

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LIMPOPO - Young people who do not like using condoms during sexual intercourse in Vhembe are the main cause behind the high rate of unwanted babies and the spread of sexual transmitted infections such as HIV.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
July 4, 2018

Vhembe battles rising rate of child abuse

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LIMPOPO – The already-high numbers of reported cases of child abuse – physical and sexual – has activists who are watching the situation concerned, as they have noticed a steady rise in numbers.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
June 8, 2018

Mentally ill man left alone after mom’s death

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LIMPOPO – The plight of a 27-year-old mentally and physically handicapped man from Mpheni village, outside Louis Trichard is growing increasingly worse as nobody is looking after him and a loan shark retains possession of his social grant card.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
May 7, 2018

Hope for visually impaired rural people

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LIMPOPO – Despite most public libraries now offering hope to visually impaired people through the South African Libraries For The Blind Project, many blind people in rural areas remain unemployed with limited opportunities.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
May 3, 2018

Food insecurity a hard reality to escape

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LIMPOPO - For six children from Mashau village, outside Louis Trichardt, being raised by a single parent who is unemployed means the only decent meals they get are through feeding schemes at school.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 14, 2018

Toilet horror at Vhembe’s Home Affairs offices

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LIMPOPO - The toilets at the Vhembe district Home Affairs offices in Limpopo have not been cleaned for so long that the local community now believes they are an actual health hazard.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 25, 2017

Water project to benefit thirsty villagers

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The water stricken villagers of Ha-Mabila, outside of Tshilamba in Limpopo are set to benefit from boreholes which are drilled at a local school.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 21, 2017

Water crisis hits Limpopo villagers hard

Our Health

Despite the Limpopo Department of Health’s drive to warn rural villagers not to drink contaminated river water, residents are continuing to do so as the dirty water is all they have access to.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 1, 2017

Thulamela Mayor to prioritise water supply in Vhembe

Our Health

As Limpopo residents continue to battle water challenges due to the continuous drought, the new Thulamela Mayor, Avhashoni Tshifhango, said he is going to prioritise water supply to all the villages which fall under his municipality.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
December 22, 2016

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