Zoutpansberger

18/12/2025

Die ontbinde liggaam van 'n man, waarskynlik die van die vermiste Reuben Marsberg, is gevind, en Duncan Koekemoer (24) is in hegtenis geneem vir sy moord. Koekemoer het glo erken dat hy Marsberg geskiet het, en DNS-toetse sal die identiteit bevestig. Sy hofsaak is na Vuwani oorgeplaas vir verdere ondersoek.

Die ontbinde liggaam van 'n man, waarskynlik die van die vermiste Reuben Marsberg, is gevind, en Duncan Koekemoer (24) is in hegtenis geneem vir sy moord. Koekemoer het glo erken dat hy Marsberg geskiet het, en DNS-toetse sal die identiteit bevestig. Sy hofsaak is na Vuwani oorgeplaas vir verdere on...

18/12/2025

Kolonel Bez Bezuidenhout groet die SAPD na 39 jaar diens en bedank die Soutpansberg-gemeenskap. Hy is bekend vir sy vuurwapenkennis en het as stasiebevelvoerder van Makhado SAPS gedien. Vanaf 1 Januarie 2026 wag nuwe uitdagings op hom.

18/12/2025

Limpopo farmers are pioneering South Africa's cannabis and h**p economy, focusing on health and industrial products. A pilot program supplied 15 farmers with h**p seeds to develop value-added products like CBD-infused items and cosmetics. Despite regulatory hurdles, the sector aims to boost the local economy and create jobs through agroprocessing.

Limpopo farmers are pioneering South Africa's cannabis and h**p economy, focusing on health and industrial products. A pilot program supplied 15 farmers with h**p seeds to develop value-added products like CBD-infused items and cosmetics. Despite regulatory hurdles, the sector aims to boost the loca...

18/12/2025

A cattle farmer's fear of losing his livelihood due to foot-and-mouth disease has become a reality for many in Limpopo. Multiple outbreaks have led to widespread restrictions, impacting sales and the economic stability of local farmers. Veterinary services are implementing quarantines and vaccinations to control the highly contagious disease.

A cattle farmer's fear of losing his livelihood due to foot-and-mouth disease has become a reality for many in Limpopo. Multiple outbreaks have led to widespread restrictions, impacting sales and the economic stability of local farmers. Veterinary services are implementing quarantines and vaccinatio...

17/12/2025

Die tyd het einde ten laaste aangebreek dat ons moet afskeid neem. Die laaste Zoutpansberger is môre uit op straat. Dit is baie hartseer, maar ons het ons bes gedoen om hierdie uitgawe iets besonders te maak.

Sentiment word egter eers eenkant geskuif, want die Zoutpansberger het ‘n werk om te doen. Soos dit ‘n plaaslike koerant betaam, is die nuus van die dag prioriteit. Dit is natuurlik die opspraakwekkende moord op Reuben Marsberg (22). Die afgelope week is ‘n verdagte, die 24-jarige Duncan Gerhard Koekemoer, gearresteer. Die omstandighede wat tot die moord gelei het, bly egter nog ‘n raaisel.

Ons berig ook oor die polisie se stasiebevelvoerder op Louis Trichardt, kolonel Bez Bezuidenhout, wat aftree. Hy het bevel oorgeneem te midde van vele uitdagings, maar hom uitstekend van sy taak gekwyt.

Die grootste deel van hierdie week se koerant word egter aan die geskiedenis gewy. Ons het die mense “agter die koerant” oor etlike dekades gevra om bydraes te lewer. Dit skep ‘n unieke blik op die wyse waarop plaaslike koerante soos die Zoutpansberger funksioneer. Die persone wat bydraes gelewer het, sluit oud-personeel, die koerant se regsverteenwoordigers, proeflesers en selfs diensorganisasies in.

Ons bespreek ook die toekoms. Wat word nou van die Zoutpansberger? Gaan ons nog nuus digitaal lewer?

Hierdie week se uitgawe van die Zoutpansberger is iets wat nie gemis kan word nie. Bêre die koerant gerus waar dit veilig is, want dit is ‘n besondere herinnering aan ‘n era wat saggies tot ‘n einde kom.

12/12/2025

Die blouape wys deesdae min vrees of huiwering om huise binne te dring. Die diere is ook berug vir die verwoesting van oeste en, in sommige gevalle, aggressiewe gedrag teenoor kinders op skoolterreine, veral tydens pouses wanneer hulle hul kos eet.

Blouape skep toenemend probleme in Louis Trichardt deur oeste te vernietig, huise binne te dring en aggressief teenoor kinders op te tree. Die DBV waarsku dat die diere nie sonder permitte gevang o...

12/12/2025

Fanus het grootgeword sonder die wete dat hy elders in die land twee susters het wat hom al van jongs af in hul gedagtes gedra het. Elise en Riana het wel geweet dat daar êrens ’n boetie is, maar hulle het nooit sy naam geken nie. Die enigste leidrade was brokkies herinneringe: Beestekraal, dat Fanus se oupa daar skoolhoof was, en die naam van sy ma, Arina.

Ná 54 jaar se soektog het Fanus Coetzee sy twee biologiese susters, Elise Bester en Riana Lendes, onverwags ontmoet. Hierdie hartroerende hereniging, moontlik gemaak deur sy ma, is die grootste Ker...

11/12/2025

Die Agora Amarula Klub 1 op Louis Trichardt het met die hulp van Bergcare se Kerspakkie-projek hoop en vreugde aan bejaardes gebring. Hulle glo diens is 'n geskenk van die hart wat sê: "Jy word gesien, onthou, en is kosbaar."

Die Agora Amarula Klub 1 op Louis Trichardt het met die hulp van Bergcare se Kerspakkie-projek hoop en vreugde aan bejaardes gebring. Hulle glo diens is 'n geskenk van die hart wat sê: "Jy word ges...

11/12/2025

The project, already years in the making, has become a source of deep frustration for nearby residents who complain not only about the prolonged delays, but also about the lack of community consultation before construction began. Families left without a previously functional recreational space in their own neighbourhood are forced to travel to other parks in town — many of which are themselves poorly maintained.

Despite municipal claims of near completion, the R16.53 million Potgieter Park remains locked and overgrown, frustrating residents. Multiple missed deadlines and spiraling costs have left the commu...

11/12/2025

Limpopo’s latest official crime statistics, covering July to September 2025, arrived just as families start to prepare for their festive travels — and while the province boasts improvements in some categories, the detailed station-level figures expose a far bleaker picture. Nowhere is this contrast more striking than in Thohoyandou, which has emerged yet again as one of Limpopo’s most dangerous places in which to live, work or celebrate the holidays.

Despite Limpopo being one of South Africa's safer provinces, Thohoyandou consistently ranks highest in contact crimes, murder, and r**e, highlighting a severe localized crisis.

11/12/2025

While defending their practices, waste pickers acknowledged the department’s concerns but insisted they handled waste carefully and did not leave rubbish scattered.

Waste pickers in Louis Trichardt deny LEDET's claims that they litter streets, asserting they carefully handle waste. While LEDET acknowledges their recycling contribution, it urges thoughtful prac...

11/12/2025

Louis Trichardt suffered a nine-wicket loss to Aces Cricket Club in the Limpopo Premier 50-over League despite a valiant recovery in their batting innings. Aces chased down the 177-run target easily, powered by strong performances from Ludwig Kaestener and Mahfuzur Rahman.

Louis Trichardt suffered a nine-wicket loss to Aces Cricket Club in the Limpopo Premier 50-over League despite a valiant recovery in their batting innings. Aces chased down the 177-run target easil...