Move to make way for mine turns sour for Northern Cape residents
Dozens of families that relocated from Dingleton to Siyathemba thought they would be better off
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 3 February 2017
25 families take stand against mining giant
“Kumba wants everyone’s house … I’ve got my title deed”
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 29 January 2017
Anglo American owned company rains rocks down on residents
Residents allege Kumba is trying to force them to leave
News | 13 January 2017
Hearings on Khoi San Bill held with no translation into Khoi and San languages
Portfolio committee hearings in Northern Cape off to shaky start
Opinion | 1 December 2016
Undocumented Zimbabweans detained while trying to return to their country
Home Affairs says it's the law
News | 8 September 2016
Rough diamonds: De Beers responds
Life, not money, was our concern, says spokesman about company's rescue effort at Bontekoe
An interview with Tom Tweedy of De Beers
Feature | 30 June 2016
Rough diamonds - part four: Illicit digging carries on
Miners are excavating new tunnels
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 30 June 2016
Rough diamonds - part three: “If we could work legally, we wouldn’t break the law”
Department of Mineral Resources criticised for its handling of mining disaster
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 29 June 2016
Rough diamonds - part two: “We held onto De Beers, but De Beers drifted away”
Unemployment in Namaqualand still fuels illicit mining today
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Shaun Swingler.
Feature | 28 June 2016