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Not in the pipeline: Many people living in Limpopo’s Vhembe district have no council-supplied water. Photo: Lunga Mzangwe

Life in VBS land: residents of the Vhembe District face long daily walks – and risk attacks by crocodiles –  in their struggle for water

Residents blame councils, not the national and provincial government, for their plight

The ANC integrity commission faces backlash over allegations of factional targeting in Limpopo. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Limpopo is ‘best performing province in ANC list process’

Electoral committee secretary Chief Matsila says the process is airtight and the provincial secretary could not have tampered with it

A defiant Magashule: ‘I will celebrate the ANC’s birthday with my branch’

The suspended secretary general says he was not aware the ANC logo was used to promote an event he would attend that had nothing to do with the party’s anniversary celebrations.

Two provincial secretaries insist the deadlock over Gwen Ramokgopa was part of an effort by the Ramaphosa faction to usurp their powers.
(Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ANC halts mayoral elections in Limpopo

The party’s provincial secretary says the appointment of new mayors will wait until dispute investigations are completed

MMSEZ authorities dodge every question about livelihoods threats, climate change, water scarcity and more

MMSEZ chief executive Lehlogonolo Masoga, the Limpopo Economic Development Agency and the consulting agency Enviroxcellence failed to address the concerns of people living in the…

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe

‘Factional’ ANC Veterans League chastised by Motlanthe

ANC Limpopo leaders called on the election committee to change the candidate lists in favour of Ramaphosa faction days before Motlanthe’s report on factions in the party

The gold standard is complete suppression of the virus, which can be done without massive economic disruption by using rapid testing, effective contact tracing and complete isolation of infected cases. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

In a pandemic, science and humanities work side by side

Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers