Mining

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Silicosis: Department of Mineral Resources slams “lawyers who loot”

Deputy minister cites asbestos case in bid to muscle in on new trust fund

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News | 12 December 2017

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Silicosis: we’re close to a deal with the mines, says miners’ attorney

Rate of deaths among mineworkers makes settlement urgent

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News | 11 December 2017

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Victory for community organisations in Mining Charter battle

Chamber of Mines fails to block activists from taking part in upcoming court case

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Law | 17 November 2017

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Why communities have gone to court over the Mining Charter

“Nothing about us without us”

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Opinion | 2 November 2017

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Mine hits back over West Coast aquifer

Kropz responds to environmentalists’ attempt to stop pumping

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News | 18 October 2017

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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

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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

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Ekapa Minerals abandons part of its case against Zama Zama miners

Interdict found to be flawed

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Law | 20 September 2017

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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

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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

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Marikana: Lonmin’s dodgy housing record

GroundUp inquiry reveals painfully slow pace of construction

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Feature | 4 September 2017

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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

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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

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Activists demand justice for Marikana massacre victims

Right2Know march in Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2017

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Informal miners demand legalisation of their work

Zama-zamas march on Department of Mineral Resources

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News | 16 August 2017

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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