Unemployment in Namaqualand still fuels illicit mining today
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 28 June 2016
A desperate quest in a makeshift mine leads to tragedy
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 27 June 2016
On Friday afternoon, the Gauteng High Court ruled on the request to appeal by mining companies in the silicosis class action judgment.
Brief | 25 June 2016
"We think this is an attempt to frustrate and delay, and characteristic of what they've been doing," says lawyer for mineworkers
Brief | 3 June 2016
Protests against Australian company in Cape Town and Perth
By Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 25 May 2016
Hundreds of thousands of families could benefit from the class action lawsuit that can now take place
By Pete Lewis
Analysis | 16 May 2016
Obstacles remain before sick miners receive compensation but this is an important victory for them
News | 13 May 2016
Amadiba Crisis Committee secretary “happy with progress”
News | 11 April 2016
They accuse Petra Diamonds of overlooking them for all but small contracts
News | 8 April 2016
Struggle against mining in Xolobeni will continue, promises Nonhle Mbuthuma
Feature | 29 March 2016
The fight for the soul of the Bakgatla Ba-Kgafela
Opinion | 14 March 2016
The recent flurry of post Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) articles have had their moment of fame until next year, but the discussion is welcomed as it raises at least two valid points – raised by others over the recent past. One persistent criticism is that of the diminished voices at the Alternative Mining Indaba. The mining communities are the centre of work and we note that, as we write, the people of Xolobeni are waging a life and death struggle against the mining-energy–industrial complex. Sadly, this situation has been fuelled by the deliberately inept Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).
By John Capel and Hassen Lorgat
Right to reply | 23 February 2016
By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by mining are being marginalised
Opinion | 18 February 2016
We will die for our land, say angry Xolobeni villagers as dune mining looms
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Paul Botes (with permission of the Mail & Guardian)
News | 12 February 2016
Four men accused of assaulting residents of the Amadiba coastal area were released on R2,000 bail each yesterday at the Mbizana Magistrates’ Court.
News | 12 January 2016
Representatives of the Amadiba community in the Eastern Cape have accused Australian company Mineral Commodities, part owner of the Tormin mine on the West Coast, of lying to its shareholders.
GroundUp Staff with AmaBhungane
News | 6 November 2015