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Mopeli Lerotholi, CEO at Oricred

We stopped talking and built something. We Built it in Mokopane

There is a moment in every business when the analysis ends and the commitment begins. For us, that moment happened in Mokopane. Not because it was the obvious choice. Not because…

Residents of Sekhiming say the nearby platinum mine is causing air pollution, which affects their health, and breakages in their homes from blasting. (Lucas Ledwaba/Mukurukuru Media)

Mine shakes homes and dreams

Residents say the world’s largest open-cast platinum mine on their doorstep is killing them; mine management disagrees

Sara Tsebe (Delwyn Verasamy)

Death ends Sara Tsebe’s mine battle

She feared being moved away from the land she loved and the only home she had ever known

Limpopo’s Aubrey Langa fights to keep Ivanplats project out of town

The Mokopane shopkeeper has laid at least 7 environmental and anti-corruption charges against the platinum mine and the state to halt the project.

Africa alone sees about half a million snakebites that need treatment every year, according to the World Health Organisation. (AFP)

Shoo! Woman bitten after chasing mamba with fly spray

An elderly woman from Mokopane is in a critical condition after being bitten by a snake she was trying to chase off with a can of insecticide.

Mines, govt urged to clean up

Two reports highlight the hidden vulnerability of communities around large-scale mining projects.

‘Setas are here to stay’

Sectoral education and training authorities (Setas) are here to stay, Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana said on Monday about the oft-criticised learning institutions. ”We…

Mbeki slams old apartheid leaders

Former president FW de Klerk was among a string of old National Party leaders President Thabo Mbeki blamed on Sunday for South Africa’s current problems. Mbeki said De Klerk, PW…

Youth faces ‘triple threat’ says DP leader Leon

South Africa’s youth were facing the ”triple threat” of joblessness, HIV/Aids, and crime, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said at a Youth Day rally at Mokopane in Limpopo on…