Mining in the vicinity of Mapungubwe would turn it into an industrial area, the Save Mapungubwe Coalition said. It said this would threaten the growing ecotourism sector based entirely on the region's ...

South Africa’s most well-known Iron Age site, Mapungubwe in Limpopo, was declared a World Heritage site by Unesco on Thursday. Mapungubwe was among 24 sites inscribed in the United Nations Education, ...

The environmental affairs department says science was behind the decision to grant a permit to Coal of Africa (CoAL), to continue construction near the Mapungubwe world heritage site "When we deal ...

On the trail of a little gold rhino that lay buried for centuries on a koppie near the Limpopo river, I wasn’t surprised to arrive at a peaceful, stone structure melting into a low ridge. It was the ...

Even in places like Europe, where history is right around every corner, it is not easy to imagine, standing outside a towering cathedral, what life must have been like for the occupants of the city in ...

Mapungubwe is located on the banks of the Limpopo River at a point where the international borders of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana intersect. Popular because of its scenic landscapes and ...

The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, a Unesco World Heritage Site since 2003, is caught in this tension. An area of about 28,000 hectares, it lies near the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers ...

South African architect Peter Rich is the second winner of the World Building of the Year award, for a building on the site of an ancient civilisation The World Building of the Year jury was chaired ...

South African National Parks (sanparks) is challenging an application for a R3 trillion mining operation to be established at the entrance to the Mapungubwe World Heritage site. SANParks spokesperson ...

The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies were alerted through press reports to the granting in February 2010 of a coal mining permit to an Australian company, Coal of Africa Ltd (CoA), in an ...