Lonmin Platinum

Those negotiating for miners’ families say the state has been nothing but bloody-minded

The Paradise Papers highlight the need for enforcing regulations to stem tax avoidance

​There are plans to build a memorial to honour the 44 men who died during the unprotected strike that culminated in the Marikana massacre.

The mining company is accused of ‘undermining black lives’ by leaving a toilet project unfinished.

The revelation could undermine trust built up in the platinum belt since Marikana.

It’s now up to the shareholders to decide the fate of the one-time investors’ darling, mining company Lonmin.

The planned 6 000 job cuts include contractors and staff who took voluntary redundancy packages offered in May.

Advocacy group agrees not to make statements that will adversely affect company’s share price

Having recently blasted corporate tax evaders, the deputy president now has egg on his face after Lonmin’s Bermuda tax avoidance tactics surfaced.

Lonmin’s chief commercial officer Albert Jamieson was asked why the company had failed to pursue every option at its disposal to avoid violence.

Pay cheques are in but many business owners will struggle to recover from the five-month platinum mine wage dispute.

Retrenchments in the platinum mining sector are now all but inevitable, say labour experts.

Miners returning to work received food parcels, health supplements and transport relief, but will have to undergo medicals and retraining.

The Amcu leader’s speech to members at the end of the historic strike became an exercise in obfuscation, omission and, at times, pure fabrication.

The trade union says Amcu’s latest counter proposal on behalf of mineworkers borders on negotiating in bad faith and "defeating the ends of justice".