Lucas Ledwaba 
The lawyer charged by a poor rural community with a 21 million rand lawsuit against the police minister has been fighting for more than five years to get the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to resolve a complaint about alleged corruption involving some of its officials. The case dates back to April 2014 when 87 residents … Read more
The liquidation of the Marico Chrome mine, located in the village of Mmasebudule about 70 kilometers north of Zeerust, raises questions about whether the community will reap any fruits from its long battle over mining royalties. In the past decade, villagers have organized protests and marches to the mine premises to demand answers about royalty … Read more
If you grew up, like me, in South Africa in the turbulent 1980s, your distrust and suspicion of white people tended to take off especially in places where for many years dark people had been excluded on the basis of their race. I’m talking about a place like the Kruger National Park where, until the … Read more