Silent Goodbye a sad reality. (Mom passes on & leaves small Children)

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The quiet community of Ngodini, just outside Nelspruit in Mpumalanga, South Africa, woke up to heartbreaking news that left neighbours and relatives in disbelief. Twelve-year-old Ayanda had always been the responsible one. As the eldest of three children, she helped her mother care for her younger siblings, eight-year-old Sipho and four-year-old Amahle. Their mother, Nomsa, worked hard to provide for them, often reminding her children that no matter how difficult life became, they should always love and protect one another. One cold winter morning, the children woke up as usual. Ayanda prepared breakfast while waiting for their mother to get up for work. Minutes turned into an hour, but Nomsa never came out of her bedroom. Ayanda gently knocked on the door. "Mama?" she called softly. There was no answer. She knocked again, louder this time. "Mama, it's morning. You have to wake up." Still, there was only silence. Growing worried, Ayanda tried opening the door. H...
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Big Tree listing brings a pure copper play to investors

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The producer is rolling out plans to become a green source of copper, with listing on the cards in about three months’ time on the ZAR X exchange

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17 MAY 2021 - 05:47 ALLAN SECCOMBE

Fresh from buying the O’Okiep Copper Company, Big Tree Copper plans to list in SA, bringing a pure copper play in the Northern Cape to investors as it rolls out plans to become a green source of the sought-after metal.

Big Tree Copper has secured the backing of a large SA investment fund, which made its funding conditional on the company listing, said CEO Jan Nelson, the geologist who once headed JSE- and LSE-listed gold miner Pan African Resources...

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