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Tim Nectar Farms is an accredited training academy headed up by agroecologist Tim Abaa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

There’s nectar in Orange Farm’s urban gardens

Tim Nectar Farms, an accredited training academy that consists of a three hectare organic farm and a backyard garden, is transforming residents’ ideas about food

A child rides his bike in Tjovitjo, a shack settlement established in 2017 near Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg. The dolomite beneath the settlement may dissolve and cause sinkholes if more permanent infrastrucure is brought in. (Photographer: Ihsaan Haffejee)

Dolomite hinders residential development in Gauteng

Gold made Johannesburg. Today, a lesser-known mineral shapes the lives of some of the city’s impoverished residents

Sibabalwe Mkunqwana was amongst the top 30 matric achievers in 2019.

South Africa treats special needs children as an aside

Many children with special needs have never seen the inside of a classroom, as there are no schools where they live that cater to them. It’s extremely disheartening, particularly…

The Food and Allied Workers Union has condemned the attacks on foreigners and says local citizens should not take the law into their own hands. (AFP)

Dozens arrested and goods recovered in aftermath of Soweto violence

Police raids were set up following violent clashes which started in Soweto but then spread to other areas in Gauteng last week

Foreigners should adapt to SA laws, says Orange Farm leader

Foreigners living in South Africa should learn to do as South Africans do, a community meeting in Orange Farm was told.

Orange Farm: Feeding the xenophobia beast

Orange Farm and Sebokeng are brimming with so-called xenophobic violence but the attacks are inseparable from other issues stalking these communities.

The taxi hand signal for Orange Farm township. The first ever “speaking book” called Growing Your Health was launched in Orange Farm recently.

Speaking truth to disease

A new speaking book hopes to give the sick access to information and support in their fight against non-communicable diseases.

‘We voted ANC but it seems we are forgotten’

‘We voted ANC but it seems we are forgotten’

SA police fired rubber bullets and water cannons on Tuesday to quell protests in Orange Farm near Johannesburg in which one policeman was shot.

All calm following Jo’burg service delivery unrest

The Golden highway was opened to traffic on Tuesday following a violent protest on Monday that left a Johannesburg metro policeman injured.

Expect an ANC exodus, says Lekota

Expect ANC members to quit in ”big numbers” in support of a breakaway party, suspended ANC veteran Mosiuoa Lekota said on Thursday.

ANC warns as Lekota heads to Gauteng

A public meeting with Mosiuoa Lekota is organised in Gauteng as the ANC warns members against mobilising for the formation of a splinter party.

Orange Farm residents injured in protest

An unknown number of Orange Farm residents were injured in a protest over poor service delivery on Monday, Gauteng police said.

Aids is not just a tragic story

By sun-up, Valencia Mofokeng has her modest home in the ramshackle black township, Orange Farm, near Johannesburg humming like a well-oiled machine. Her six small children have…