The next step in the process is being blocked through legal action by the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela Tribe (Bakgatla), which owns 90% of the Sedibelo project. The other 10% of Sedibelo is owned by Barrick ...

When the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela traditional council financed a pay-TV channel in 2014, council chair Kgosi John Pilane promised it would create jobs and ‘change the face of broadcasting’. Now a forensic ...

Rustenburg — Clad in their colourful traditional dresses known as Minwenda a group of 43 Venda pensioners arrived in Moruleng Village yesterday where the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela tribe was commemorating ...

MORULENG, NW - This Heritage Month many communities are acknowledging our nation's diverse culture and rich heritage. The Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela tribe is celebrating its first-ever Farmers' Day. It's ...

Platinum junior Platmin’s strategy to consolidate mining ground near Rustenburg is back on track following deals that end the impasse with its empowerment and joint venture partner, the Bakgatla tribe ...

Bakgatla Kgosikgolo Kgafela II does not see anything wrong with serving his tribe as a non-government employee. Although he has assumed his duties as a kgosi, Kgafela is not on government payroll.

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has signed a significant report declaring that the reign of the autocratic Kgosi Nyalala Pilane be “disregarded and nullified with immediate effect” ending years of ...

The Bakgatla tribe chief withdrew the lawsuits in an out of court settlement. (MISA/IFEX) – 10 September 2010 – Following his notice to sue a number of newspapers early this year, the Botswana-based ...

South Africa’s top court ruled on Thursday that a platinum miner that has a deal with a tribal chief could not evict a group of black farmers, in a decision that could curtail the power of traditional ...

Shares in Pallinghurst Resources jumped almost 13% on news it has joined forces with South Africa’s IDC and the Bakgatla community to create a platinum “mega mine”. Brian Gilbertson’s Pallinghurst has ...

The Minerals and Petroleum Development Bill was this week amended in Parliament to address the worries of the three influential ”tribes” of the North West province that the law would strip them of ...