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Anger over lawyer’s murder

The young lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

Attorney Chinette Gallichan was shot in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

Chinette Gallichan killed in Johannesburg CBD: ‘attack on rule of law’

Labour lawyer Chinette Gallichan was fatally shot outside the CCMA offices in Johannesburg CBD. Civil society groups say the attack represents a threat to South Africa’s rule of…

At the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, the emphasis was on digitalisation and technological advancement of the industry. However, the industry recognises that cybersecurity can no longer continue to remain the unaddressed elephant in the room

Modernising mining: Cybersecurity must be central, not optional

At the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, the emphasis was on digitalisation and technological advancement of the industry. However, the industry recognises that cybersecurity can…

Major corporations in the mining and steel production industries, including Anglo American, Sibanye Stillwater, and ArcelorMittal South Africa, have reported reduced output and profitability because of higher operational costs and declining global demand for raw materials.(Madelene Cronje)

Strain on smaller businesses now affecting larger enterprises

Urgent relief is needed to stop the spread of financial ruin to bigger firms and avoid economic sector turmoil

Excessive: Mining firm Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders voted against the proposed R55.6  million payment for chief executive Neal Froneman. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images

New law to address ‘feeding frenzy’ at listed companies

Sibanye-Stillwater, which is at the centre of the debate on excessive pay for executives, has had its remuneration report rejected three years in a row

Out of commission: During the fourth quarter of 2023 the mining sector, which employed about 477  000 people last year, shed 1 000 jobs, according to Statistics South Africa. Photo: Luca Sola/AFP

Struggling mining sector likely to see more job losses

Among the companies that have announced staff cuts are Anglo American and Sibanye Stillwater

Sibanye-Stillwater released dire results on Tuesday, showing that the mining company had a R37.4 billion loss last year, after recording a R19 billion profit the year before. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Image)

Sibanye-Stillwater: Gold to the rescue amid platinum price crash?

Having its roots in gold, the diversified mining company has been shielded from the PGM price crash

The mining company said that the section 189 A process could impact 3 700 jobs, including fixed-term employees, across its South African operations

Over 4 000 Amplats jobs in jeopardy after 35% metals price tumble

Efforts to reposition the business to mitigate the downturn ‘do not go far enough’, says the company’s chief executive Craig Miller

Sibanye Stillwater job cuts ‘basically done’, says Froneman

In an interview, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman also refutes the view that South Africa’s biggest mining employer is overextended

White crosses mark the location of the Marikana massacre.

We are on the right side of history, says Froneman of  Sibanye’s response to Marikana

The mining company hosted its fourth annual Marikana memorial lecture on Monday to mark the 11th anniversary of the massacre

The department of mineral resources and energy has hit back at critics who have spoken against its latest draft report on South Africa Renewable Energy Master Plan released in July. (Dean Hutton/Getty Images & Luca Sola/Getty Images)

Electricity costs add to miners’ woes

Companies are also grappling with a decline in commodity prices and weaker global demand

File photo by Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Workers trapped at Sibanye mine earlier this week due to Eskom power failure

Terrifying example of how the poor functioning of state-owned enterprises – particularly Eskom and Transnet – have negatively impacted the mining sector

why-it-doesnt-make-sense-that-all-informal-mining-is-deemed-illegal. Image: Supplied

Criminal syndicates, as well as individuals, part of illegal gold mining on the West Rand

Castigating, rather than encouraging, business leaders when they advocate for harsh interventions sets us all back

The Rhino 100 Master Driller is a multi-functional, mobile raise bore driller used in the process of longhole stoping. Photo: Supplied

Mechanisation is still to come into its own in South Africa’s gold industry

Gold Fields’ South Deep hopes to turn the situation around with its super driller and indications are that extraction will shift from 85% to 93%.

Vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, Adam Habib, outside the university’s Great Hall (Waldo Swiegers/Gallo)

Social pact needed for Marikana renewal – Adam Habib

That pact needs to be engineered by civilians, not government, says the former Wits vice-chancellor