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Practitioners will have to pay registration fees to the council every year and show proof of being appropriately trained for the type of service they offer. (Photo supplied)
ALMA ATA DECLARATION OF 1978

By 2025, sangomas will have to be registered to practise

The health department says new regulations likely to come into force early next year are a step towards getting Western and traditional medicine to work together

  • Sipokazi Fokazi
7 min read
Hard work and passion paid off for Rifumo Mathebula, an environmental educator, filmmaker and photojournalist.
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

Young environmentalist of the year: Youth are the future of African nature

Hard work and passion paid off for Rifumo Mathebula, an environmental educator, filmmaker and photojournalist

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
2 min read
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

Anger as Mpumalanga chief bans home burials

People who buried relatives at home were detained at the Mathibela tribal council and ordered to pay a R20 000 fine

  • Masoka Dube
9 min read
Roots Butchery in Acornhoek where Gloria Sekome and Danboy Nkuna both worked. (Dylan Bush)
ACORNHOEK

‘None of us are okay’: Frustration as South Africa’s GBV initiatives stall

SA is in a rush to roll out its national GBV action plan. But as bureaucracy and the pandemic slow progress, violence against women continues unabated

  • Joan Van Dyk
15 min read
Children have to get basic services instead of going to school in Kwazenzele. (Image: Planact)
ALBERT LUTHULI

Mpumalanga municipalities fail to deliver services to informal settlements

The auditor general’s report on local government stated that most councils did not spend their infrastructure development budgets and did not address concerns regarding financial…

  • Chelesile Ndlovu-Nachamba
  • Siphiwe Segodi
3 min read
Excluded: Some of the claimants who have not got a cent from the MalaMala land claim meet in Lilydale, one of the 11 villages to which they moved after being evicted. (Dennis Scully/Oxpeckers)
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

R1.1-billion land claim ‘captured’

This story was produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. Details of the land claim settlement for MalaMala, one of South Africa’s most exclusive game reserves, are unlikely…

  • Michelle Nel
8 min read
The clinic targets women who cannot afford screenings at private facilities
BREAST CANCER

Hlokomela takes healthcare to women who need it most

Investing in the Future Health Award Winner: Hlokomela Women’s Clinic

  • Advertorial Supplement
2 min read
Suspected collusion in abattoir deal
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

Suspected collusion in abattoir deal

The Mpumalanga government has awarded an R11-million abattoir contract to a company accused of having links to organised crime.

  • Thabisile Khoza
4 min read
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

Man holds daughter hostage for 24 hours

A four-year-old child is being treated for trauma after being held hostage on a rooftop for almost 24 hours by her father, Mpumalanga police said.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

Nurse accused of injecting child with HIV tainted blood

A nurse accused of injecting her stepson with HIV-contaminated blood in January last year will appear in the Mhala Regional court on Thursday, Limpopo police said. Captain…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BUSHBUCKRIDGE

Five-year-old girl raped, murdered in Limpopo

A five-year-old old girl was raped, murdered and her body tossed into a donga outside Matengteng, Bushbuckridge, in the Limpopo province. Police spokesperson Superintendent…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read