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.

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, ...

Ntabankulu – After three months, the AmaMpondo kingdom in the north of the Eastern Cape, has officially ended the mourning period, opening a window for the royal family to start discussing issues like ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An explosive dispute brewing between Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and President Jacob Zuma on one side, and amaMpondo King Zanozuko Sigcau on the other, has become so serious that it is being handled ...

The Royal Family is concerned about the safety of members of the community after 18 people were shot and killed in the area on Saturday. FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas ...

Mashatile arrived at the Amampondo royal palace with a large delegation that included Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and Small Business Minister Stella Ndabeni. The meeting ...

AmaMpondo royal family spokesperson, Prince Chulumanco Sigcau, said that the deadly attacks on people in their homes were not new in Ngobozana village and so was the brutal killing of women.