Illegal mining sparks ire of Kagiso residents
This coming week the community will march to the local municipality offices to demand action against the open cast mines and the resulting zama-zama operations
‘I don’t need drugs to be high; dance is my opium’
Celebrated dance teacher Nomsa Manaka has come full circle, in almost all areas of her life, thanks to her craft.
Helping pupils reach for the stars
Now in their eighth year, and punted as a platform where “the ideas of school teams are heard, tested and supported”, the Step Up 2 A Green Start Up National Youth ...
Game of golf to fight joblessness in Limpopo
Picture: suppliedMention the game of golf and people immediately think of big international stars and equally large sums of prize money. Rarely is the game associated ...
Business duo have their heads in the right place
Two boys meet at film school with ideas of being the next Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee or Quentin Tarantino, and to make the greatest movies ever. Eddie Seane and ...
Medical trailblazer builds on her childhood dream
Were she inclined to be vain, Dr Aobakwe Segwe could easily have used her looks to earn a living, comfortably. She chose to go with her brains instead. Today, the ...
Legendary lensman shares snippets of history captured on his long journey
The recognition is long overdue
Little time to rest when building a body to die for
If we all deal with grief differently, it cannot be fair that other people handle adversity so admirably, and to good effect. Maite Makgatho started her body-building ...
Serial writer was baptised in ink to preach to the reading masses
Many people start singing in church. Thabile Mange started writing in the house of the Lord!This was in the 1990s at the Roman Catholic Church in Kagiso, his hometown, ...
Ex-hawker enters world of fashion with 100% local brand
Local is indeed becoming lekker as a home-grown fashion label joins the mainstream.
Book explores the deep roots of black South Africans’ relationship with Kruger National Park
Safari Nation, A Social History of the Kruger National Park looks at the respective status of the black man with the park — from the native police, ranger, squatter ...
SA Literary Awards recognition for first-time author
Sihle Bolani on shortlist for SA Literary Awards for her book exposing bias in the corporate workplace.
Kefuoe Walter Chakela: A giant tree has fallen
Windybrow Theatre artistic director, poet, playwright Kefuoe Walter Chakela has died at the age of 67.
Yes, there is a SA military ombudsman. Here's what he does
The death of Alexandra resident Collins Khosa has brought to light the existence of a relatively unfamiliar office within the army: the military ombudsman.
Ripple effect as annual Easter pilgrimage to Moria called off
The road to Moria has over the years been a hive of activity but with the nationwide lockdown, the N1 was eerily quiet.
Four years later, the bodies of Lily Mine miners still underground
Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the Lily Mine disaster in which three workers were trapped underground after a tremor caused a container which they used ...
Neighbours cagey in street where Senzo Meyiwa was shot
“The people who bought the house after the Khumalos left did not stay long. "
Marikana massacre: No closure yet seven years later
The reasons the ?new dawn? police acted like their apartheid-era predecessors by opening fire on the striking workforce remain veiled in secrecy and cover-ups.
Human TB found in elephant
Animals have had foot-and mouth-disease, swine fever and the likes but tuberculosis, which killed an elephant in SA in 2016, is a new disease.
Graca Machel: Are we prepared for natural disasters?
To minimise impact countries should be ready and well-equipped to deal with the aftermath
Volunteers turn school into centre of excellence
a farm school that started in a cowshed in the 1960s has transformed into a centre for academic excellence with a well-resourced library and computer and science ...
What will Bathabile Dlamini be remembered for?
Those who had expected her resignation letter ?with immediate effect? to be an exercise in spilling the beans are still reeling with shock at the damp squib it turns ...
Case against Marikana top cop remanded to August
Activists for the #JusticeForMarikana campaign want Major General William Mpembe to be ?jailed with everyone who was involved? in the shootings.
#AlexShutdown: ‘No chopper can land in Alexandra, there’s no space'
In 1980, Winnie Mandela landed in Alexandra in a helicopter as residents rioted, good luck trying that today
Nothing royal about Princess squatter settlement
"We vote but things stay the same. It is not nice to stay in a shack. ?