Relocating ancient trees such as the baobab is possible but comes at a cost to its micro-habitat
The government should find a less environmentally sensitive site for the special economic zone, especially if water can’t be secured, EIA report finds
Danny Msiza and Kabelo Matsepe will become the first politicians to be face charges for alleged complicity in the scandal
The controversial Musina-Makhando initiative will pollute air and water, push climate change and produce dangerous quantities of hazardous waste
The drought-stricken Northern Cape experienced some relief as heavy rainfall caused rivers and dams to overflow
The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus
The pandemic is happening in the context of a healthcare system we have allowed to decay
The pandemic inspired 10 principals in Limpopo to study through ‘play’ how to learn to learn again — and what is really important in education
Pumping limited resources into a project that is predominantly meant to extend dirty coal energy in South Africa is not what local communities and the climate needs.
A family’s struggle against alleged intimidation and failure to act by the authorities mirrors the daily challenges farm dwellers face
Some learners in two provinces had access to the maths paper two leak a few hours before they sat for the exam
The public participation process on the environmental impact assessment for the area’s special economic zone has been shambolic
As a child, Mokhudu Machaba had to cross a flooded river on her way to school in rural Limpopo. She fell pregnant at 15 but returned to complete her matric and found employment as a domestic worker to pay for her tertiary education. The dedicated educator, who has been shortlisted for the Global Teacher Prize talks to Lucas Ledwaba
The residents of five villages are calling for the district municipal manager to be arrested
The ANC’s top six has been mandated to work closely with its integrity committee to tackle claims of corruption against senior party members
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Nasrec promises about accountability need to be effected by the ANC, but the party seems incapable of self-policing
Equal Education wants the court to get the basic education department to feed all learners who qualify for the programme, including those who are not back at school
South African football is in an awkward position where it dare not refuse investment … no matter the cost
Last week the basic education minister was adamant that teachers will return to school on May 25, but some provinces say not all Covid-19 measures are in place to prevent its spread
After testing negative for Covid-19, 112 South Africans quarantined in Limpopo can now go home
Our final freedom is the choice we make in our attitude to difficult circumstances — as the stories of 16 exceptional teachers show
Special Economic Zones will empower thousands in the Limpopo province
From Brits to Beijing, people are going crazy for Makhadzi’s smash hit which was born from a DJ Call Me beat
New research details how the department was broken, profiting a select few and leaving a third of South Africa’s population without clean water
There is no deep comradeship, common ancestry or monopoly on the legitimate use of force
Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught
Attention has been given to democratic South Africa’s first matric pass rate of more than 80%, but the reality is that schools with a 0% pass rate still exist
The Sekhukhune district municipality does not have the money to provide water to all its residents
More than 5.3-million households and 21-million people don’t have clean water, despite money being spent on dams and pipelines to deliver water to 95% of the population. Sipho Kings looks at how R1.3-trillion worth of infrastructure has been subject to so much corruption and mismanagement that many places are worse off than in 1994, leaving the state with a R898-billion bill this decade
The main reason is everyone in the region supports a culture of education, with a focus on maths and science
COMMENT We talk as if building wind, solar and other sources of limitless, clean energy will redistribute wealth and drive social justice globally. We see it as the fix for a system that concentrates too much power in the hands of too few people. But too much hope is being attached to renewable energy. When […]
Just 7% of learners writing a two-year matric programme created to help them passed
and a mere 0.003% got distinctions