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A mega-development is encroaching on a small graveyard in Johannesburg, threatening generations of history

CITY NEWS

A mega-development is encroaching on a small graveyard in Johannesburg, threatening generations of history

By Zanele Mji

A Karoo Graveyard: Thoughts, mist and memories

ESCAPE

A Karoo Graveyard: Thoughts, mist and memories

By Chris Marais

Solving a 1922 miners’ strike mystery hinges on a ‘bulldog’ with a metal detector on Joburg’s Grassy Knoll

RAND REVOLT

Solving a 1922 miners’ strike mystery hinges on a ‘bulldog’ with a metal detector on Joburg’s Grassy Knoll

By Shaun Smillie

Cape Town cemeteries filling up fast as Covid drives record number of burials

MAVERICK CITIZEN

Cape Town cemeteries filling up fast as Covid drives record number of burials

By Stephen Timm

Zimbabweans struggle to to recover from Cyclone Idai

GroundUp

Zimbabweans struggle to to recover from Cyclone Idai

By GroundUp

‘Those graves were our title deeds’

amaBhungane

‘Those graves were our title deeds’

By amaBhungane