The anguish of dispossession also manifested itself in the treatment we received at Mohlabaneng. Stripped off our land rights and bereft of both home and hope, residents of Ga-Monwana had to fend off the depredations of stigma, discrimination, and salacious gossip. We were shunned and loathed with such persistence that you would swear the settlement was cursed.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the final announcement of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections represents a victory for democracy, constitutional order and for all the…
“Registering to vote was a big moment for me,” said Basetsana Mahapha, her eyes shining with excitement. With just two days until South Africans cast their votes…
The projects touted by the mine as beneficial to the community are either dysfunctional or misaligned with the community's developmental needs.
The mistake often made by many is that of assuming or thinking that the fight against oppression started with celebrated leaders such as Mandela, Biko, and Sobukwe amongst others.
Since I was born in 1979 water has been a nightmare in our village of Marulaneng. We spend the whole day crowded around one borehole battling to get water. Our bodies ache from pushing around drums of water every day.
The voices of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church choir filled the corridors of the Polokwane International Airport in Polokwane, Limpopo as scores of people…
Marula traditional beer brewer Lebo Lebese remembers a time of plenty when decades ago the morula trees grew in abundance in her home district of…
The pesticide aldicarb has also been used in the poisoning of dogs by criminals and has also been cited in suicide cases.
On my way from photographing the scene in which 45 passengers travelling from Botswana to the Easter pilgrimage in Moria I stopped here to calm…