Many families of former gold miners who contracted silicosis pinned their hopes on a cash settlement resulting from a successful class action. But as the…
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Puuuulaaa! Puuuuulaaaa! Puuuulaaaa! With this chant the Moletši Traditional Council declared proceedings for the Mokgoši wa Pula traditional ceremony officially open. The ceremony which is…
THE traditional songs of the Mpondo people resonated through the great hills high in Matshona – one of many picturesque villages clinging precariously to the…
The addition of these international charges is significant. This is the first case in South African history which has ever included international charges, and it is the first case in the world that includes the international charge of the crime against humanity of apartheid
Mmakgomo Esther Ramunyai was beaming with satisfaction when she took one of the new water carriers donated to her village for a test-drive, or was…
GRADE 12 learner Sidney Ramantshwana had never been in a library or an Internet cafe until just over a week ago. Now he has a…
As morning broke on Friday – Thabo Ledwaba burst into a haunting rendition of the struggle song Shona malanga at the site where his brother…
More than 68 000 young men and women underwent the rite of passage into manhood in Limpopo this winter. Lucas Ledwaba reports on a man…
“We are preparing a national march for all the security companies in South Africa. Many of the security companies in South Africa are not complying with all basic laws that they are supposed to do,” Cosatu general secretary Solly Phetoe.
“It is still emotional because the scars are still there. We are healing, but it's difficult."