Seriti Mine accused of exhuming graves without consent of families
Families of the dead said they did not agree to the exhumations and now want the remains returned so that they can be reburied
Mpumalanga boys ‘kidnapped for forced initiation’
Traditional leaders blame those who fail to enforce the laws that govern the practice
What would you do if your loved one’s body was stuck in a mortuary and you couldn’t bury them?
Families have asked the Congress of Traditional Leaders and the Human Rights Commission to intervene after waiting years to bury their loved ones
Anger as Mpumalanga chief bans home burials
People who buried relatives at home were detained at the Mathibela tribal council and ordered to pay a R20 000 fine
Motsepe’s mine in reparation row
For 13 years, the former residents have battled with Nkomati mine over the relocation of graves and the destruction of cattle kraals and homesteads
Born in but stateless in South Africa
Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates