The DRC’s roads are a crucial space where conflict, illegal taxation, and conflict financing entangle
She feared being moved away from the land she loved and the only home she had ever known
Mining magnate Patrice Motsepe says government should go a step further to lure investors to the country
Rural dwellers displaced in the pursuit of corporate profits lose far more than just their land
There would be major ramifications if the threats over the mine’s recent safety record scupper the takeover
Despite some concessions, the draft charter still has provisions that investors find unpalatable
According to a statement by the mine, five workers had entered an “abandoned working place” at Kloof Ikamva shaft, south of Johannesburg
Weak annual growth will put the 2018 fiscal targets outlined by the treasury in the February Budget under strain
The strong rand and the VW scandal have hit demand, destroying jobs and, in turn, businesses
It’s a hard life being an illegal artisanal miner near Kimberley but now there are signs they may become recognised
The mining boom has left the east pocked with ‘open tombs’ and created an ecological disaster
Haiyu company smothered a wetland in sand, which caused floods that swept homes out to sea
Industry players want new minister Gwede Mantashe to remove all those appointed by the former minister
Although Amcu supports the ownership target, its president, Joseph Mathunjwa, and Mantashe have a soured history
‘Where homesteads once stood now roams towering machinery, earth-moving monsters that have reduced the walls of Maremane to rubble’
The latest unemployment statistics from StatsSA show that South Africa’s unemployment rate declined to 26.7% in the fourth quarter last year
The mining sector recorded strong year-on-year growth in 2017, however its weak momentum may wear on South Africa’s GDP
‘After a period of stabilisation and consolidation in 2016, the mining industry in 2017 continued to strengthen in its recovery’
It’s dangerous work done by people who live on the poverty line, and are desperate to provide for their families.
They work long and hard deep in the earth. It is a life on the edge. But there are plans to make things easier, writes Lucas Ledwaba
Subsistence miners are in no more danger than legal mineworkers – and are no national threat
Civil society is opposing what has been a rubber-stamping process for mining rights
A high court case has highlighted how the law enables mining companies such as Tormin to walk away from the damage they cause.
Both the industry and officials are responsible for continuing damage to the environment and for huge, unnecessary carbon dioxide emissions.
About 6 000 attendees were expected at the Mining Indaba, which started on Monday. But investors are wary – South Africa’s past is catching up.
The environment department has been sidelined and objections are simply stonewalled.
The legality of the department’s go-ahead for a West Coast mine is being challenged in court.
Women are now able to work in mines, but they have hardly been made to feel welcome underground – in fact, far from it. Tholakele Nene investigates.
The premier was supposed to make a decision within 60 days, Minister van Rooyen said.
But now governments must also be more transparent about how income from mining companies is spent.
The industry’s disgraceful behaviour takes place as death whittles away the number of claimants, writes Richard Meeran.
Slice of life: The story of a miner on level 16 when he heard the blast.