Open letter to Amazon boss asks that the company stop the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust from continuing construction work on a site sacred to indigenous people and of high environmental significance, despite court ruling
Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law
The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust is again abusing the First Nations Collective; you don’t have the Khoi’s consent to pour concrete on a sacred floodplain
If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out
Even in hardship Nama blooms.
The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants
Stellenbosch researcher believes clinical trials on humans will show promising results
Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, head of the South African Revenue Service, will not tolerate any political interference at the tax authority
Opponents hope that billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott will ‘talk some sense’ into her former husband and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos
The controversial River Club development gets the go-ahead, but opponents say they are heading for court
Music giant Dr Jonas Gwangwa, who passed away on 23 January, used his influence to promote the language of his people MaNdebele ase Nyakatho, writes Lucas Ledwaba
Right of reply to How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma, published in the Mail & Guardian 24 September
Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid
Cities lead the spike in new Covid-19 cases. But in the Western Cape village of Genadendal, where people trace their roots back to the Khoi and freed slaves, one man was worried that unheeded fatal lessons from more than 200 years ago could once again prove tragic
Under a state of national disaster, some rights may be suspended. But it is critical to remember that the Constitution itself is not suspended
The tribalist, colonialist Act is a message to the landless: the ability to make important decisions rests solely with those in power, not you
There are scores of unethically obtained human remains at museums and universities
A groundbreaking agreement will see traditional knowledge holders of rooibos earn more than R10-million a year for their rights