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latest news & developmentsLorato Trok: Writing our languages back into the story
Author speaks of her dedication to keeping indigenous languages alive through children’s books and her hopes for the growth of South African languages
Moravian Church legal battle at heart of indigenous land rights
Descendants of the indigenous people who lived on the land, predominantly Khoi and slaves, want to be able to control and govern the land their forefathers worked
Hands off sacred Khoi land in Cape Town, Amazon!
Open letter to Amazon boss asks that the company stop the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust from continuing construction work on a site sacred to indigenous people and of high…
River Club property developers continue construction despite interim interdict
Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law
Right of reply: Read the petition, James Tannenberg, Khoi descendants don’t want their sacred heritage site ‘developed’
The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust is again abusing the First Nations Collective; you don’t have the Khoi’s consent to pour concrete on a sacred floodplain
Landmark battle over River Club imperils Amazon HQ plans
If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out
Meet the queen working to keep South Africa’s Nama language alive
Even in hardship Nama blooms.
Fight over controversial redevelopment of River Club heads to court
The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants
Study on rats finds buchu can help with obesity, diabetes and other ailments
Stellenbosch researcher believes clinical trials on humans will show promising results
Q&A Sessions: Kieswetter, the choral master of tax
Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, head of the South African Revenue Service, will not tolerate any political interference at the tax authority
Amazon wants to pave ‘paradise to put up a parking lot’
Opponents hope that billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott will ‘talk some sense’ into her former husband and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos
Khoikhoi versus US giant Amazon
The controversial River Club development gets the go-ahead, but opponents say they are heading for court
How Jonas Gwangwa used his music to preserve his mother tongue
Music giant Dr Jonas Gwangwa, who passed away on 23 January, used his influence to promote the language of his people MaNdebele ase Nyakatho, writes Lucas Ledwaba
River Club redevelopment is a triumph for the future of First Nations’ heritage
Right of reply to How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma, published in the Mail & Guardian 24 September
How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma
Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid