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Practitioners will have to pay registration fees to the council every year and show proof of being appropriately trained for the type of service they offer. (Photo supplied)

By 2025, sangomas will have to be registered to practise

The health department says new regulations likely to come into force early next year are a step towards getting Western and traditional medicine to work together

Hard work and passion paid off for Rifumo Mathebula, an environmental educator, filmmaker and photojournalist.

Young environmentalist of the year: Youth are the future of African nature

Hard work and passion paid off for Rifumo Mathebula, an environmental educator, filmmaker and photojournalist

Anger as Mpumalanga chief bans home burials

People who buried relatives at home were detained at the Mathibela tribal council and ordered to pay a R20 000 fine

Roots Butchery in Acornhoek where Gloria Sekome and Danboy Nkuna both worked. (Dylan Bush)

‘None of us are okay’: Frustration as South Africa’s GBV initiatives stall

SA is in a rush to roll out its national GBV action plan. But as bureaucracy and the pandemic slow progress, violence against women continues unabated

Children have to get basic services instead of going to school in Kwazenzele. (Image: Planact)

Mpumalanga municipalities fail to deliver services to informal settlements

The auditor general’s report on local government stated that most councils did not spend their infrastructure development budgets and did not address concerns regarding financial…

Excluded: Some of the claimants who have not got a cent from the MalaMala land claim meet in Lilydale, one of the 11 villages to which they moved after being evicted.  (Dennis Scully/Oxpeckers)

R1.1-billion land claim ‘captured’

This story was produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. Details of the land claim settlement for MalaMala, one of South Africa’s most exclusive game reserves, are unlikely…

The clinic targets women who cannot afford screenings at private facilities

Hlokomela takes healthcare to women who need it most

Investing in the Future Health Award Winner: Hlokomela Women’s Clinic

Suspected collusion in abattoir deal

Suspected collusion in abattoir deal

The Mpumalanga government has awarded an R11-million abattoir contract to a company accused of having links to organised crime.

Man holds daughter hostage for 24 hours

A four-year-old child is being treated for trauma after being held hostage on a rooftop for almost 24 hours by her father, Mpumalanga police said.

Nurse accused of injecting child with HIV tainted blood

A nurse accused of injecting her stepson with HIV-contaminated blood in January last year will appear in the Mhala Regional court on Thursday, Limpopo police said. Captain…

Five-year-old girl raped, murdered in Limpopo

A five-year-old old girl was raped, murdered and her body tossed into a donga outside Matengteng, Bushbuckridge, in the Limpopo province. Police spokesperson Superintendent…