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Waiting widow: Noziqhamo Mgidi’s husband died before the settlement was reached. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

Where are the unions and the ANC for suffering silicosis victims?

Recently, a proposed amendment announced by the Tshiamiso Trust — set up to disburse compensation — now threatens to shut out even more former mine-workers with the disease from…

Of the 848 wastewater treatment plants assessed nationwide, 396 are in a critical state, while only about a quarter are performing at a standard that meets regulatory requirements. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

‘We have the skills but not the system’: Water Institute of Southern Africa on SA’s wastewater crisis

Nearly half of South Africa’s wastewater treatment plants are in a critical state, with untreated sewage polluting rivers and dams

After a lengthy process, Impala Platinum’s takeover of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) was finally completed in July.
 Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Implats says all checks were done before incident that killed 11 miners

The company pledges support for families and suspends operations during further checks on the equipment This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…

Bushy Maape

Focus on delivery for North West, Bushy Maape

If the premier loves the people of the province, he should not stand for an ANC leadership position

Underground mining operations are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of flooding and water ingress, which can result from heavy rains, groundwater inflow, or even burst dams. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Diversified Royal Bafokeng keeps its platinum roots

The investment company has insulated its shareholders against the resource’s price swings while looking towards a more sustainable future

Mineworkers who have been newly recruited to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa attend a meeting at Impala Platinum’s shaft 9 in Rustenburg, North West. (Photographs by Magnificent Mndebele)

The deadly cost of union membership in North West

The platinum belt is roiling with tension once more after the assassination of Numsa organiser Malibongwe Mdazo

High possibility of load-shedding tonight, says Eskom

The Mopani, Capricorn and Sekhukhune districts will be in the dark on Tuesday and the rest of the country placed on load-shedding warning

Month End, acrylic on paper, 2019 by Levy Pooe.

The Portfolio: Levy Pooe

Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’

(John McCann/M&G)

Mandela said I could, so I got my doctorate

My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships

See: Loding, former Kwandebele, 2010 (left) and the air we breathe, these metal release CO2 for miners underground, Marikana, 2012. The images feature in Bôna, an exhibition pooling together work from three of Thabiso Sekgala’s photographic essays

The Portfolio

“The photographs in the series act as a symbol of, or a witness to, the economic imbalance that exists in contemporary South Africa, where people increasingly inhabit contrasting…

From June 19 to 27, an underground strike was staged at the Lanxess chrome mine, during which workers demanded that management immediately suspend and discipline an alleged perpetrator of sexual harassment. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Numsa strike against sexual harassment is a ‘powerful moment in labour history’

Almost 300 workers went on strike to force management to deal with a longstanding harassment allegation.

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: Othering is apartheid

‘The initiative by Parents for Change reminds us that the change most of us yearn for is something that we should not stop fighting for’

The Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, coupled with the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, undercuts the land rights of people living in the former homelands. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mandela didn’t sell out, post-94 ANC did

Two Acts and the Khoi-San Bill, if passed, will dispossess people in the former homelands of their land rights

According to the Mine Health and Safety Act, inspectors can check on a mining operation at any time. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Dark days for platinum producers

The strong rand and the VW scandal have hit demand, destroying jobs and, in turn, businesses

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande blames the Growth

Blade Nzimande: EFF, academics are using #FeesMustFall protests for their own ends

The higher education minister added that some political parties see the protests as an opportunity to revive themselves.