International intelligence data shows a recent boom in lithium exports from Southern Africa to Chinese markets. Where’s it coming from, and how does it get there?
Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry
It is rumoured that the Kremlin could dispatch reinforcements to the Sahel to sustain its influence
Army clampdown has led to assaults and the property of legal miners being confiscated
The report by the Enhancing Africa’s Response to Transnational Organised Crime found that current enforcement and policy responses, which criminalise artisanal miners, “are…
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation
