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
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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
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 as access to education is a constitutional right
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.
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’
SA police fired rubber bullets and water cannons on Tuesday to quell protests in Orange Farm near Johannesburg in which one policeman was shot.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 bathed in a plastic washbasin, the dirt yard is swept, the bed is made and Mofokeng is dishing out a hot breakfast of scrambled eggs and cheese slices.
