- 28 Sep 2012 00:00 - Kwanele Sosibo
- In unguarded moments, the organised violence committed by the striking workers at Impala Platinum against strike breakers has been glamorised.
- 26 Sep 2012 10:36
- History has taught powerful men that you can screw people over, but just pay your taxes. Pity Julius Malema wasn't paying attention.
- 21 Sep 2012 10:45 - Peter Major
- To make money from South Africa's $28-million-a-day platinum industry an investor needs nerves, brains, faith and luck.
- 21 Sep 2012 04:20 - Thomas Cargill
- There is no getting away from the gravity of the situation facing South Africa and its people are facing fundamental choices about the future SA.
- 21 Sep 2012 04:23 - Sam Sole
- One thing governments are slow to learn is that you cannot deal with complex political threats through force, says Sam Sole.
- 18 Sep 2012 11:39 - David Dolan, Sujata Rao,
- Wildcat strikes in the platinum belt have entered a sixth week with no resolution in sight and investors are beginning to grow concerned.
- 14 Sep 2012 00:00 - Nickolaus Bauer, Phillip De Wet,
- Widening talk of the dispute over pay issues escalating into a 'crisis for capital' is raising serious questions about who is behind it all.
- 07 Sep 2012 10:36 - Letters
- Damian Garside's thoughts on the Marikana miners.
- 07 Sep 2012 00:00 - Lisa Steyn
- High levels of credit may have contributed to the cocktail of factors that led to the bloody clashes between police and Lonmin strikers.
- 07 Sep 2012 00:00 - Glynnis Underhill
- The NPA's reputation has taken a hammering after the Lonmin killings, despite it having provisionally withdrawn the murder charges against the miners.
- 07 Sep 2012 00:00 - Phillip De Wet
- Mine security forces say they will be relying less on police than they would have before Marikana and be more ready to use deadly force themselves.
- 07 Sep 2012 06:31 - Charles Molele, Matuma Letsoalo, Phillip De Wet,
- Is South Africa facing a widespread mining revolution capable of disrupting an industry vital to everything from job creation to foreign exchange?
- 06 Sep 2012 11:39 - Ed Stoddard
- Our mining industry is being sucked into a vicious cycle as labour unrest spreads, with steep wage demands that the industry cannot afford.
- 24 Aug 2012 02:00 - Heidi Swart
- The temperature can reach 45C underground and workers are at risk of heat stroke. They wear sleeveless vests and their bodies smeared with dirt.
- 28 Jun 2012 19:03
- The North West is known for rich platinum deposits but mining communities live in poverty and question what benefits mining companies have brought.
