Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels
Feature | 19 November 2024
In photos: Families of miners underground plead for help
About a thousand zama zamas have already been brought to the surface
Text by Kimberly Mutandiro. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Photo Essay | 15 November 2024
Sibanye-Stillwater miners who staged underground protest resurface in Rustenburg
They staged a sit-in strike over unpaid employee share ownership scheme funds. But the company says they do not qualify yet.
Brief | 6 June 2024
Village activists take Marikana mining company to court
Tharisa Mines is trying to gag us, say Oridile Kgatea and Rodney Kotsedi
Law | 1 May 2024
Hundreds protest in Madibeng over water and electricity
The ward councillor took refuge in a house and refused to come out, fearing for his life.
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 25 July 2023
Taps run dry in Madibeng village once again
Hundreds of Itireleng village residents depend on one communal tank for water
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 7 July 2023
Board member’s abandoned farm business soaked up R4.6-million in Lottery funds
Family and a friend of William Huma are directors of the company that got the grant
News | 18 May 2023
In these North West towns there’s no escape from sewage, not even after death
Municipalities’ water and sanitation failure violates Constitution, SAHRC finds
News | 8 May 2023
R15m for 5-night show - the Tsotsi star’s Lottery-funded musical
Part one in a series about the Southern African Youth Movement and the Lottery
News | 12 December 2022