Lepelle-Nkumpi allegedly paid millions to illegal miners for gravel to use in major building projects
Dr Johan Wentzel and Dr Ephraim Mabena are tied together by a common passion
A Limpopo property mogul has reduced to rubble the homes of people whose families have lived there for more than 200 years
The farm tenants won in the Land Claims Court but the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned this
Premier Chupu Mathabatha paints a picture of a prosperous future for the province
Its reaction ranges from hardline dismissal to pussy-footing rehabilitation and redeployment
KwaZulu-Natal villagers are fighting mining they say violates their land rights and harms the environment
The king designate wants reconciliation to rebuild the nation but his opponents are not bending
One of South Africa’s oldest nations is fighting for recognition of its king, language and ancestral land
A group of men harvest medicinal plants, which they then process and sell, but it’s a tough trade
They have the skills to farm successfully but need financing from banks and post-settlement support from the state
The land committee in Mpumalanga and Limpopo heard stories marked by heartbreak, anger, confusion, willingness and fear
Many are questioning Lekota’s opposition to proposed changes to Section 25 of the Constitution
Order was restored after EFF leader Julius Malema and committee chairperson Vincent Smith appealed for calm
Lekota endured a difficult day, getting stick from members of the public for his opposition to proposed amendments to Section 25 of the Constitution
Present were white landowners with their 4x4s and landless black people from shantytowns, who came in minibuses
The presence of the EFF leader left many residents, who came to day two of the hearings, star-struck
Proceedings were brought to a halt as security intervened between the two MPs.
Proposals to amend the Restitution of Land Rights Act have been labelled a ‘political tick-box exercise’ by community members
Jobless residents who were dependent on the shuttered Bokoni mine are battling to survive. They have now asked the government to step in
It’s a hard life being an illegal artisanal miner near Kimberley but now there are signs they may become recognised
A place of ecological and historical significance has been turned into an indigenous knowledge centre by a dedicated traditional doctor
This week Lucas Ledwaba writes about women in Limpopo’s Sekhukhune district who have used the land to improve their lives
The ANC’s renewed commitment to land expropriation may be more political posturing
In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
‘Where homesteads once stood now roams towering machinery, earth-moving monsters that have reduced the walls of Maremane to rubble’