Displacement, climate change and entrenched abuse block the support women need to enter the agriculture sector, and to be able own land.
Striking fathers are penniless, so children of miners make do with just one meal a day from school.
Community policing forum chair Moses Letsoalo blames the police for being unable to prevent the violence even though they were outnumbered by the mob.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa is taking the mining giants to labour court, saying their SMS campaign violated an agreement with the union.
Far from the cities, villagers sit back and take stock of the South Africa in front of them.
The DA wants a probe into the University of Limpopo after reports that two men linked to the Friends of the Youth League benefited from contracts.
As the Limpopo cash cow dries up, two of the Friends of the Youth League are milking a generous benefactor: the University of Limpopo.
North West party officials, who have been told to kick former Rustenburg mayor Matthew Wolmarans out, say they are still taking legal advice.
Questions have been raised about how Tokkie Mataboge acquired a C-Class Mercedes-Benz that belongs to the former mayor of the Rustenburg municipality.