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Bernard Chiguvare

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Bernard Chiguvare is a freelance reporter who publishes often with GroundUp

David Mlondobozi is one of dozens of small farmers in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, who lost land or grazing rights to a huge citrus farming project sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation. (Photos by Bernard Chiguvare)
AGRICULTURAL FUNDING

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

The foundation has injected millions into the project and the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has also approved millions in funding, but farmers say they…

  • Bernard Chiguvare
5 min read
Awelani Mukwevo collects water from an open borehole.
LIMPOPO

Abandoned by government, Limpopo villagers plan to sink their own borehole

Only one public borehole is working for 11 villages and thousands of households in the Nthabalala area near Elim, Limpopo

  • Bernard Chiguvare
3 min read
The family homestead in Buhera District in Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare
DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

‘I left Zimbabwe for SA. I want to go back but it’s difficult’

I had to leave Zimbabwe because I could not support my family. I have lived legally in South Africa but now I will be forced to return to poverty

  • Bernard Chiguvare
4 min read
National Student Financial Aid Scheme workers protested outside their offices in Wynberg
BERNARD CHIGUVARE

NSFAS workers on strike for higher wages

About 200 employees claimed management had failed to meet their demands of higher minimum salaries and permanent employment for workers on contract

  • Bernard Chiguvare
1 min read