Richards Bay Minerals

Radical transparency and careful reputation rebuilding are crucial for detoxification

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner told the Madlanga commission that people implicated in the scandal still hold senior post

Mining company says 80% of R530 million has not gone to the rightful beneficiaries

Smelter operations have been reduced and night haulage halted over security concerns

The KZN department of co-operative governance has undertaken to resolve the dispute it created by dethroning the sitting inkosi in 2010

Sociopolitical conflict persists in the area because mining operations go hand in hand with filthy lucre that divides communities while devastating their natural environment.

A key negotiator was gunned down minutes after attending talks with Premier

No one knows who is behind the killings near Richards Bay or why the hitmen have moved in

Delicate behind-the-scenes talks may result in the decade-long court dispute over the Mbuyazi chieftainship being resolved in the next few weeks

The court is dealing with the chieftainship battle, but the Mbuyazi constituency just wants the land claim settled

A long battle over a new inkosi has resulted in a power struggle that is debilitating a struggling community