Learners are leaving in droves to other schools as far as 50 kilometres away. Parents do not discharge their responsibilities, expecting teachers to fill the gap. The community, with so many successful members of the community having studied at the school, look the other way. This is a sad situation that replicates itself throughout South Africa
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THE Limpopo provincial capital Polokwane was a hive of activity as scores of people turned up for the annual Mapungubwe Arts and Culture Carnival on…
"On a daily basis, we read about how companies come and dictate their own terms within communities without proper consultation and just get away with it. But for us, it was all about making a difference. When we talk about Ubuntu, we need to be the ones who practice it."
The Makuleke CPA currently has two lodges, Return Africa and The Outpost, and a training institution, Makuleke Eco-Training. Some 70% of the workers at these three facilities come from the local community.
Living heritage is the foundation of all communities and an essential source of identity and continuity. Aspects of living heritage include: cultural tradition, oral history, performance, ritual, popular memory, skills and techniques, indigenous knowledge system and the holistic approach to nature, society and social relationships
IT’s all hands on deck at the Maswele Farm – a group of women are busy harvesting green beans on a vast field. Not far…
The one trip I will never forget is when I met entrepreneurs from Botswana on the train to Johannesburg. Usually we would travel with people from Venda, Botlokwa and Giyani.
Award winning author and publisher Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho recently hosted the inaugural Rine Book Festival in his home village of Madombidzha in Limpopo. The event was the first of its kind in this sprawling village on the outskirts of the historic town of Louis Trichardt.
HE was a friendly, engaging and resourcesful man who loved his job of putting Limpopo high up on the world’s tourism man. Journalists, ordinary folk…