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Unresolved: Spokes Sithole, who was born in the same year as Nelson Mandela, 1918, is one of the original claimants in the R1 billion Mala Mala land claim. He died at 108. Photos. Lucas Ledwaba
COMMISSION FOR RESTITUTION OF LAND RIGHTS

Fruit of freedom withers under broken land deal

The death of Spokes Sithole at 108 exposes the broken promise of one of South Africa’s largest land restitution settlements, where freedom and land ownership have not translated…

  • Lucas Ledwaba
7 min read
In the lush village of Umzumbe in southern KwaZulu-Natal, communities living adjacent to the SA Lithium mine say they are already experiencing the negative impacts of the operation and were never consulted about it. Photo: Aphiwe Moyo
AFRICAN CRITICAL MINERALS SUMMIT
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Critical futures: What SA wants from its transition minerals

With vast deposits of minerals that make South Africa a key player in the green energy transition, Andiswa Matikinca investigates the future that stakeholders want to see

  • Andiswa Matikinca
9 min read
COMMUNAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATIONS

Evaton is a rich example of everything that is wrong with the land claims process

Given its rich heritage, the area should be considered a historically important site in which black landowner rights are integral

  • Thamsanqa Zondo
  • Nomusa Makhubu
22 min read