Mining

Urgent court action to stop mine using West Coast groundwater

Phosphate mining company Kropz said to be in breach of license in its use of ancient Elandsfontein aquifer

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News | 13 October 2017

Mining company has eyes on West Coast National Park, say activists

Kropz has made approaches to government over phosphate deposits in park

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News | 6 October 2017

West Coast phosphate mine stopped - for now

Activists and state departments fear Elandsfontein mine could damage area

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News | 15 September 2017

R66 million paid out to former miners with silicosis

Q(h)ubeka Trust reports back after first 16 months

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Feature | 14 September 2017

Marikana: Lonmin’s dodgy housing record

GroundUp inquiry reveals painfully slow pace of construction

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Feature | 4 September 2017

NPA and Hawks under fire for failing to control illegal flow of money

Derek Hanekom asks Hawks if they were under political pressure to drop cases

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Parliament | 31 August 2017

Mine workers remember the Marikana massacre

Five years later conditions in nearby Nkaneng township remain largely unchanged

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News | 17 August 2017

Activists demand justice for Marikana massacre victims

Right2Know march in Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2017

Informal miners demand legalisation of their work

Zama-zamas march on Department of Mineral Resources

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News | 16 August 2017

End in sight for silicosis case?

Anglo American and Gold Fields may settle with miners and their families

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Analysis | 11 August 2017

New mining law headed for the bin or court

A flawed public participation process in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill has created a serious dilemma for legislators

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Opinion | 6 July 2017

Landowners fight 100 years of dispossession

The Evaton community want their trust land restored and mining companies to pay compensation

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News | 5 July 2017

Gupta-owned company demands R10 million for defamation

Re-Action Consulting’s claims about Optimum were widely known and probably true

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News | 3 July 2017

Gupta-owned company blocks improved health-care in Mpumalanga

This story exemplifies how state capture affects poor people

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News | 28 June 2017

Mining postponed in water-sensitive Mabola area

Civil society organisations reach agreement with Atha-Africa Ventures

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News | 28 June 2017