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
Expediture on infrastructure by the province’s education department is only 24% of the budget
It has been five years since a bulk water supply project was started in the Limpopo Bushveld but people still don’t have water
A report by the auditor general said most municipalities, which are supposed to be on the front line of service delivery, were in financial difficulty
Polly Boshielo, the Limpopo MEC for education, has committed to eliminating pit toilets in the province by the end of this financial year
Displays of conspicuous frugality replace flashy inaugurations as leaders promise delivery
Liquidators are investigating the auditing firm’s sign-off on financial statements, while two former executives also pursue a lawsuit against it
Residents say the world’s largest open-cast platinum mine on their doorstep is killing them; mine management disagrees
It was a quiet day at the polls in the Limpopo district with elders wanting to vote and the youth cynical about elections
The IEC is also facing a labour dispute, with workers demanding more pay and threatening to down tools on May 8
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) role as kingmaker is not as clear-cut in the 2019 elections as it was in the 2016 polls
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Trailblazing in the outdoors
In three days you can see all of the Big Five
Lepelle-Nkumpi allegedly paid millions to illegal miners for gravel to use in major building projects
Premier Chupu Mathabatha paints a picture of a prosperous future for the province
Mbilwi Secondary School is one of the best schools in the country, so what makes it, and its students tick?
Even though there has been commitment to halt the production of illicit cigarettes, it is not happening fast enough
The singer has brought Xitsonga pop to the fore, but she draws from a long line of celebrated artists
Reserve Bank court papers on looting at the mutual bank implicate more Limpopo officials
Take a look at the results of our latest national survey of how many state ambulances South Africa has on the road.
The state should use funds to build an alternative transport system that is safe and reliable
The Musina municipality has defaulted on its payments to Eskom