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APARTHEID

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

  • James Gordon
5 min read
Platinum, new innovation, wage talks and Ramaphosa. A lot is happening in the mining world.
AMPLATS

Mining indaba: Ten years after Marikana massacre, Anglo American step into ‘delicate’ wage negotiations

Platinum, new innovation, wage talks and Ramaphosa. A lot is happening in the mining world

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
Ongoing struggle: Mineworkers commemorate the 2012 Marikana massacre, two years later. At the Farlam commission, witnesses had differing views on what stick-carrying signified. (Paul Botes/M&G)
ANNIVERSARY

Time in Marikana has stood still

In Nkaneng the memory of the 44 people murdered will not leave the community

  • Tunicia Phillips
7 min read
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ANNIVERSARY

Editorial: Marikana must haunt us

The blight on our past and our future must haunt us as much as it haunts the victims left behind

  • Editorial
2 min read