Lonmin Platinum

Marikana talks stagger on

Article Niren Tolsi - 23 Feb 2018

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

Paradise for corporates and ultrarich

Article Koketso Moeti - 5 Jan 2018

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

Sons and daughters of the soil seek to claim the land that shaped them

Article Govan Whittles - 3 Nov 2017

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

Big stink: How Lonmin paid R20m for just two toilets for Marikana workers

Article Tabelo Timse & - 15 Sep 2016

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

Spy claims imperil mine wage talks

Article Govan Whittles - 2 Jun 2016

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

The rise and fall of Lonmin

Article Andre Janse Van Vuuren 1 - 5 Nov 2015

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

Lonmin to cut jobs, close shafts amid platinum slump

Article Andre Janse & Van Vuuren - 25 Jul 2015

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

Lonmin interdicts ‘unrest’ report

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Oct 2014

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

Cyril Ramaphosa’s Lonmin tax-dodge headache

Article Craig Mckune - 18 Sep 2014

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

‘Nyet, nyet, nyet’: Lonmin grilled at Farlam commission

Article Sarah Evans - 9 Sep 2014

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

Mining strike hangover lingers painfully

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Jul 2014

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

Tsunami mining strike changes landscape

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jun 2014

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

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