Trust had paid out more than R700m but too many claimants ‘are being misdiagnosed, incorrectly classified or rejected’, say activists
Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her
Consumers must know whether the gold and diamonds they treasure have been tainted by human rights abuses
Nomawethu Ma’Bhengu Sompeta, whose funeral will be held this weekend, was unequivocal in calling out the government for its response to the Marikana massacre
Joyce Jokanisi died without knowing who killed her son in Marikana and while still battling with heartache and depression from the massacre
Amcu and experts agree that mineworkers and their communities face a unique risk without a detailed response to Covid-19 from the sector
My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships
Not a year into buying Lonmin, Sibanye is accused of mistreating the mineworkers who were injured eight years ago during the Marikana massacre. But the platinum giant says it is a miscommunication. Athandiwe Saba and Paul Botes visit Marikana to find out the truth
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A reader writes in about the silicosis class action
Impoverished families will have some relief after a class action against 29 mining firms succeeds
In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
Another BASF shareholder meeting has come and gone without resolution on reparations.
We must address the legacy of apartheid and abolish the slave wage economy we have inherited.
This week it was the mining companies’ turn to tell the court why they can’t be held responsible for the suffering of thousands of former mineworkers.
The historic class-action suit brought by gravely ill former gold miners and their families will push the boundaries of the country’s court system.
The high court in Johannesburg has to decide how to process a case of this size, which mining companies say is impossible.
Mineworkers in Marikana have blasted the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report for its findings against Amcu.
Three years of labour upheaval and a political push for safety and better wages have set in motion a drive to mechanise platinum mines.
Platinum stockpiles and a market surplus mean the mineworker strike is almost convenient for the mining companies.
The top three platinum producers have agreed to further court-mediated talks with Amcu in yet another attempt to reach agreement on wages.
Thandi Modise says she is concerned over reports that intimidation has stopped miners from accessing health services in the platinum belt.
To strike is to suffer through wageless months at the mines on the platinum belt in North West, but the alternative is unthinkable.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa is taking the mining giants to labour court, saying their SMS campaign violated an agreement with the union.
The mineworkers’ union is back at the table with platinum producers in an attempt to end the now two-week mineworker strike.
NUM members from Northam Platinum have marched to their employer’s offices demanding better wages and the resignation of CEO Glyn Lewis.
About 2 300 mineworkers have staged an underground sit-in at Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) Dishaba mine.
Minister Susan Shabangu has spotlighted rivalry between NUM and Amcu, and instructed them to join hands against a common enemy: "monopoly capital".
Small groups of workers have stopped miners at two AngloGold mines from reporting for duty and a miner is in a critical condition after being stabbed.
People from SA’s neighbouring countries flock here looking for work. Hundreds of thousands find it in the mining industry and in farming and tourism.
Endless stories are recounted by garnishee administration companies about staff members going home empty-handed on payday.
Two people have been shot dead at Harmony Gold’s mine in Carletonville, seemingly thanks to rivalry between NUM and Amcu members at the mine.