Posts published in “Our Stories”
Quarter of a billion face acute hunger
THE number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with…
No slowing down for theatre icon Dr John Kani
“There is a lot of mindset change that needs to occur. Jack is white, he is liberal, and really he is not racist. He doesn’t even believe he had to go to the TRC because he has never said anything to anybody but he is as guilty in his silence and complicity, he is as guilty in his language,” Dr John Kani.
Limpopo takes aim at spazas as concern rises over terrorism funding and illicit financial flows
Limpopo experiencing widespread distribution of illegal gambling machines usually found at foreign-owned local spaza shops in rural
areas across the province.
Young farmer shows no sweet without sweat
Young farmer Mfundo Mahlangu from Kameelrivier B in Mpumalanga is determined to show that one doesn’t only need to rely on government support to succeed…
Unions take ‘pay-back-the-money’ campaign to Northern Cape
Private sector security unions took their campaign to force companies to adhere to a Main Collective Agreement over health benefits for workers to Kimberley in…
Foundation on a mission to encourage sporting culture in rural villages
THE hills around the village of Masealama in the Polokwane Local Municipality reverberated to the excited chatter and laughter of players and fans during the…
Blue death lurks in the homes and hills long after end of mining
In another time the hills around Mafefe resonated with the crashing sound of chisel and hammer as hundreds of men and women mined asbestos. Extraction…
‘This is war’ – memories of Rwanda
As South Africa was preparing for its first democratic election in April 1994 - in Rwanda a genocide that left almost a million people dead was unfolding
Sunflower farmer shows the way for land reform beneficiaries
Land reform beneficiary Frank Makgopela Monaheng farms bonsmara cattle and sunflower. He has built up the farm into a thriving commercial enterprise by reinvesting his profits into the business, using the funds to buy machinery to improve production.









