The Miners Bodies exhibition recently opened at the Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. KOENA MASHALE graced the event and reports on the challenges faced by former…
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With strings attached – in memory of malombo music pioneer Philip Tabane
Malombo music pioneer and master guitarist and composer Philip Tabane would have turned 83 years old today. LUCAS LEDWABA pays tribute to the fallen genius who was born on 24 March 1940
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Burning out unemployment through Working on Fire
LIMPOPO resident Lucy Mannatsa was confronted with the challenge facing many youths completing her matric – she had no financial means to continue with her…
Another jewel to legendary Magubane’s photographic crown
“Photography has always been the great love of my father’s life. He went about his business with great stubbornness and determination. And no one could dissuade him from taking his pictures, for he always had some kind of trick that he used to disguise himself in places where his camera was forbidden.
Decoding Peter Magubane’s ‘fighting bullets with stones’
Magubane and other brave newsmen and women hit the streets with their cameras and notepads, defying strict government restrictions to expose the brutality of the state, capture the bravery of the youth, the fear, agony and grief of the parents.
Wood to the rescue for rural communities
Firewood merchants doing their delivery rounds in GaThaba, a village under the Polokwane Local Municipality in Limpopo province, South Africa. People in rural areas like this village collect firewood in the forests to sell to local residents who use alternative sources of energy to escape the high electricity tariffs. The over harvesting of wood is however placing the environment under threat. Rural villages like GaThaba are characterised by high rates of unemployment and a general lack of economic opportunities. The National Energy Regulator of SA has approved an 18.65% increase in electricity prices for 2023 – and a 12.74% hike for next year. The increase puts the affordability of electricity beyond the means of most rural households which survive on the state's welfare grants.
A new lease on life for internally displaced persons in Mozambique
More than 80 percent of Cabo Delgado’s inhabitants are small-scale farmers reliant on agriculture for their livelihoods; therefore, the violence and conflict in the area have taken a tremendous toll on, not only their safety and well-being, but also their livelihoods and nutrition.
More women than ever in political driving seats worldwide – UN Women
AS the world marks International Women’s Day on 08 March the 2023 edition of the Inter Parliamentary Union – United Nations Women Map of Women…
Out with Apartheid’s deadly township asbestos roofing
Asbestos roofing was erected over millions of township houses across South Africa under the Apartheid government, despite expert findings that the material could cause deadly lung cancers.









