The core of their battle is to reclaim their identity, land, and language.
Posts published in “Our Stories”
Community’s long struggle against Anglo pays off at last
A rural community at odds with mining giant for over a decade finally moves in ground-breaking deal.
Community at odds over lucrative sand mining deals
Conflicts are arising between traditional leaders and community activists in eMthunzini on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) north coast over a lucrative mining deal.
Anti-mining activist forced to flee amidst orchestrated violence
At least 25 people have been killed in two years as battle over an alleged oil exploration project rages on.
Chepape Makgato combines love of art and books in latest exhibition
Visual artist Chepape Makgato recently launched an exhibition honouring literary icon Prof E'skia Mphahlele. The exhibition is currently on at the Polokwane Art Museum in Limpopo is a collaboration with another giant of the arts, Prof Zakes Mda.
An encounter with the gentle giant of the wild
Lucas Ledwaba learns the secrets of elephants and suddenly finds himself within trampling range of one of these tuskers.
There is just no resisting the Kruger
In search of ruins, Lucas Ledwaba is bowled over by the beauty of baobabs and rugged landscape of the northern Kruger National Park.
Johnny Clegg’s life a lesson to white South Africa
Instead of creating more division in a fractured South Africa, musician Johnny Clegg built bridges and advocated for equality.
Death stalks mining community after peacemaker’s assassination
Meshack Mbuyazi had just emerged from a peace broking meeting which was also attended by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) premier Sihle Zikalala in Kwa-Mbonambi when he was gunned down in full view of community members this week.
Braving falling rocks and raids for chrome
The promise of benefiting from the mineral wealth beneath the soil of their land remains a dangerous toil of dicing with death for Limpopo's zama zamas... Lucas Ledwaba documented their daily toil





