Glencore, Anglo American, South32, BHP Billiton and Exxaro – the mining companies cited in coal class action – need to show corporate compassion for sick mine workers
The application to have Judge Colin Lamont recuse himself was launched hours after the disclosure
Beneficiaries will now be able to apply to get money from the settlement almost two years after the Johannesburg high court ruled on the matter.
Government’s settlement with Acacia Gold may be a short-term victory that scares off new investors
It is believed that the workers were trapped at the company’s Thembelani mine after the rails used to transport workers collapsed
Subsistence diggers scraping a living outside the mining capital of Lubumbashi say they hope the long-delayed poll will bring political change
Mthobeli Gangatha has learnt to accept that nothing, not even part of the R5-billion settlement announced by lawyers, will ever reverse his condition
The miners were stuck in the Beatrix gold mine, in the town of Theunissen near the city of Welkom, for around 30 hours after a massive power outage
The victims’ families nurse their pain away from the public gaze; officials and politicians grab the limelight and shape the narrative
Investment company claims to own properties it has no rights on in attempt to cover up loss.
Widows and children stand to inherit damage claims from the mining industry, but their decision to appeal doesn’t bode well.
The chance that the miners trapped underground at Vantage Goldfields’s Lily Mine will be found alive has faded along with the miners’ tapped signals.
The country’s socialist president has been forced to accept restraints on plans for structural reform.
The Naledi Theatre awards have honoured the show, which depicts the infamous mineworkers massacre, by shortlisting it in various categories.
Kanana’s miners are being hounded by creditors and their childrens’ school fees are unpaid, but breaking the strike is out of the question.
Three more illegal miners have surfaced from an abandoned mine in Benoni, on the East Rand, says Ekurhuleni emergency services.
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A rescued illegal miner has been sent back underground to convince his trapped colleagues to come to the surface.
Calls for centralised bargaining in the platinum industry persist.
Around 200 NUM members have marched to the Mining Indaba in Cape Town to protest against the ill-treatment of Rio Tinto miners in other countries.
Reports say the bodies of eight miners have been recovered after a fire and rock fall at a gold mine in Jo’burg, while one miner remains missing.
Miners with silicosis and TB are entitled to a small payout, but don’t claim because they are kept in the dark about their rights.
Nine miners remain unnaccounted for while eight are trapped in a refuge bay a mile underground after a fire broke out at Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine.
A study has explained that a treatment, described as "radical" by researchers, has not helped cut down tuberculosis infections among SA gold miners.
The links of illegal mining with Jo’burg’s ?heyday provide a rich seam for photography.
Why do miners strike? The M&G spoke to residents of a township near Gold Fields, who live without electricity and proper toilets.
The system is on its way out but its legacy endures – in low wages and dwindling union membership.
At least 1 600 jobs could be affected at Sibanye Gold as it restructures its support services, says the company.
Cultural issues, bureaucracy and costs often prevent miners from accessing benefits due to them. Mandi Smallhorne reports.
Workers have turned to the union they scorned at the time of the unprotected strike – the National Union Mineworkers.
The search for about 100 workers believed to have died inside a collapsed gold mine in Sudan’s Darfur region has ended, says a miner.
Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.
The legal team for 270 miners who were arrested and injured during a shooting at the Marikana mine are running low on funds, it has been reported.