MC Mining’s announcement last week that an agreement was reached allowing the Kinetic Development Group (KDG), a China-based company, to purchase a 51% post-transaction share in the mining company through a US$90 million (R16 billion) investment deal has environmentalists worried.

For some, gospel music is simply a business and a way of generating income, but for gospel music star Mr Rudzani Peterson Mammba, it is a form of worship and preaching to people.

After working through some tough challenges, like many up-and-coming artists experience, Ms Phumzile Ramabulana, known as “Phumzi” in the music industry, has finally released her debut gospel album, titled All His Praises.

Self-proclaimed prophet Paseka ‘Mboro’ Motsoeneng and his panga- and rifle-wielding bodyguards made international headlines a few weeks ago when they terrorised teachers and children at a school in Vosloorus. The name “panga man” - or sometimes “skapane” - was suddenly on the lips of people all over South Africa. But how many people still remember the most feared panga man of them all, who embarked on his reign of robberies, mayhem and terror 70 years ago? 

The onslaught on the Soutpansberg’s rich mineral resources continues, with the Petroleum Agency SA receiving and accepting an application from the international petroleum company, Consulting Evolution Mining (Pty) Ltd (CEM), for exploration rights for petroleum and gas across almost the entire area north of the Soutpansberg in Limpopo.

Die naam “Crooks Corner” vertel reeds ‘n storie. En stories was daar gewis - verál in die vroeë twintigste eeu. Hier, in die verre noord-oostelike deel van die Krugerwildtuin, het ‘n klompie bedrywighede plaasgevind. Lesers sal onthou dat die Zoutpansberger gedurende Maart 2016 oor Bvekenya Barnard berig het – die berugte olifantjagter van daardie omgewing.

Musician Martin B has come out strongly against children who do not listen to their parents, stating that they will never achieve anything good in life.

Saturday 15 June was a heartwarming day for Ms Mary “Mmbau” Leshavhana as many people gathered to celebrate her 100^th birthday at a function held in Mashamba.

From humble beginnings of fishing with a rudimentary fishing line at the local Lundevhe River in Tshifudi, master angler Calvin Rudzani Nwendamutswu is rapidly making a name for himself in the angling world. In 2023, Nwendamutswu, who hails from the rural Tshifudi village, earned his Protea colours from the South African Freshwater Bank Angling Federation (SAFBAF). This achievement has spurred him on to hone his skills even further.

“The independent candidates were like an unplanned pregnancy to the IEC. The New Nation Movement took the president and IEC to court for independent candidates to be allowed to contest, and it didn’t feel like we were well received,” said Faith Phathela, one of the handful of independent candidates who contested the national elections.

Unlike most parts of South Africa, where millions of voters opted for a change in leadership last Wednesday, the residents of the Vhembe region seem to be fairly content with their circumstances. Very few surprises emerged in last week’s election results, with the African National Congress (ANC) maintaining their dominance, raking in 86.46% of the Vhembe votes on the national ballot.

The deputy chairperson of the House of Traditional Leaders in the Vhembe District, Thovhele Fhatuwani Mulima, announced that the traditional circumcision schools in the district would be open from 14 June to 13 July.