Mining

NPA and Hawks under fire for failing to control illegal flow of money

Derek Hanekom asks Hawks if they were under political pressure to drop cases

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Parliament | 31 August 2017

Mine workers remember the Marikana massacre

Five years later conditions in nearby Nkaneng township remain largely unchanged

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News | 17 August 2017

Activists demand justice for Marikana massacre victims

Right2Know march in Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2017

Informal miners demand legalisation of their work

Zama-zamas march on Department of Mineral Resources

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News | 16 August 2017

End in sight for silicosis case?

Anglo American and Gold Fields may settle with miners and their families

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Analysis | 11 August 2017

New mining law headed for the bin or court

A flawed public participation process in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill has created a serious dilemma for legislators

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Opinion | 6 July 2017

Landowners fight 100 years of dispossession

The Evaton community want their trust land restored and mining companies to pay compensation

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News | 5 July 2017

Gupta-owned company demands R10 million for defamation

Re-Action Consulting’s claims about Optimum were widely known and probably true

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News | 3 July 2017

Gupta-owned company blocks improved health-care in Mpumalanga

This story exemplifies how state capture affects poor people

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News | 28 June 2017

Mining postponed in water-sensitive Mabola area

Civil society organisations reach agreement with Atha-Africa Ventures

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News | 28 June 2017

Rocky road ahead for minerals bill

Plethora of criticisms of the bill before Parliament, as well as procedural problems

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Parliament | 14 June 2017

Schaumberg residents protest against years of state neglect

A community that has built its own preschool needs government support

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News | 5 June 2017

Summons served on environmental rights lawyers by mining company

Mineral Sand Resources (MSR) is suing attorneys of the Centre for Environmental Rights

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Brief | 24 May 2017

Entire village issued with court interdict following mining company’s application

For more than half-a-year the entire Ngwaabe Village was banned from protesting

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Law | 11 May 2017

Australian company sues SA environmental lawyers for defamation

Mining company accused of damaging West Coast is claiming over R1 million in damages from activists

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Law | 8 May 2017

Controversial Australian company applies for extension to mining rights

New mining area would include ten beaches on the West Coast

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News | 8 May 2017