Mathupha Mokoena News Today

Following a phased approach from January to April, all SASSA cash points are now closed. But traditional leaders aren’t happy about it …

Traditional leaders are lobbying the government to reverse its decision to close SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) pay points in rural areas.

Although the battle is over ownership of land, it is also over contrasting beliefs on whether it should be used as a holiday and leisure venue or as a shrine where community members have performed sacred spiritual rites for many years. Scores of people have flocked to the Bushbuckridge Nature Reserve to perform rituals as part of African culture and beliefs that regard certain rivers and mountains as sacred places of the spirits.   The battle for the preservation of sacred sites has seen the ...