amaMpondo environmental defenders on South Africa’s Wild Coast bring the same spirit of resistance to extractive mining interests today as their forebears did to the apartheid state in the 1960s.

Durban – The Sigcau royal family of the AmaMpondo kingdom in the Eastern Cape has become the latest monarch to be embroiled in disputes about who is the rightful family member to discuss their issues ...

An Eastern Cape senior traditional leader has likened the AmaMpondo nation’s initiation death toll to genocide, according to a report. The Dispatch Online reported that Bizana community leader Ndumiso ...

Mourners have been asked to respect the special category 1 funeral for the late AmaMpondo King Zanozuko Tyelovuyo Sigcau after the service almost descended into chaos on Tuesday when a young man ...

The proposed N2 Wild Coast highway between East London and Durban has split the amaMpondo nation right down the middle, with opposing factions calling each other names and threatening retribution. The ...

Johannesburg - Cape Town's favourite marimba and percussion band, Amampondo, is to join international and local musicians in performing at Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV/Aids Benefit Concert on Saturday, ...

General Jan Smuts in 1936 ironically described the amaMpondo as “a native tribe considered somewhat backward in comparison to other tribes of the Union of South Africa”, yet “unusually conservative ...

The Sunday 8pm time slot on DStv’s Mzansi Magic has certainly become synonymous with rich African stories. Often wrongly grouped under the Xhosa tribe, the Pondo or AmaMpondo tribe historically holds ...

World music is growing in popularity in Britain, yet it is often presented as "serious" music to be sat and listened to. So the audience for Alan Skidmore and the South African percussion group ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the eulogy at the funeral service of the late AmaMpondo King Zanozuko Tyelovuyo Sigcau on Tuesday. King Zanozuko passed away late last month following ...

The Constitutional Court on 11 September 2018 upheld the findings of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims that Kumkani Zanozuko Tyelovuyo Sigcau is the rightful King of ...

The bridge on Amampondo Drive in Centurion collapsed in December due to heavy rain. Image: Screenshot from a video The collapsed bridge on Amampondo Drive in Amberfield, Centurion, remains closed for ...