The route will see riders travelling from South Africa to Zimbabwe and Botswana. The four-day cycling event aims to raise environmental awareness and money for the Children in the Wilderness nonprofit.
Dating techniques have traced the origins of the Venda language and culture to Mapungubwe, where two distinct cultures merged at initiation schools.
Studies continue to reveal a far more complex history than that recorded by colonial settlers, missionaries and travellers
Scientists are remapping the stories of ancient civilisations by shooting them with lasers
The sights, history and people of Venda – almost too amazing to put into words – lure us from the beaten track
Unesco raises alarm over open cast coal mining near the Mapungubwe heritage site in Limpopo.
The ongoing row over a coal-mining licence granted on the border of the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site has highlighted its cultural significance.
Government has agreed that Australian-listed miner Coal of Africa can proceed with the Vele coal mine.
Science — not emotion — was behind the decision to grant a permit to Australian mining company Coal of Africa.
New Mapungubwe think-tank should probe issues that will build society and empower citizens, says <b>Kgalema Motlanthe</b>.
Environmentalists have served an application to mining house Coal of Africa to stop activities at a proposed coalmine near Mapungubwe immediately.
A special environmental government task team will probe mining in sensitive areas after a swarm of controversial green lights given by government.
Environmental affairs has ordered mining company, Coal of Africa, to stop all "illegal" building activities at Mapungubwe immediately.
A battle royal looms over the awarding of coal-mining rights adjacent to world heritage site and national park Mapungubwe.
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/ 10 October 2009
In an earlier life the Mapungubwe Hotel was the French Bank; the Ashanti Hotel, diagonally across the road, housed lawyers’ offices.
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/ 25 February 2009
Prized world heritage site Mapungubwe could soon have the scar of an open-cast coal mine on its doorstep.
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/ 24 September 2004
The Mapungubwe National Park, a world heritage site, was launched by the Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk in Limpopo on Friday. ”Mapungubwe completes our South African heritage triangle… from Robben Island in the south west, to the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park on the east coast…” Van Schalkwyk said.