Mining
Elections 2021: Xolobeni voters may kick ANC out
Poor services and a controversial mining project have fuelled disaffection with governing party
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 8 July 2021
A thriving trade has sprung up around informal mining in Gauteng
Immigrant traders supply miners with everything from water to socks
News | 7 July 2021
Aussie mining company fires Mark Caruso as CEO
Unclear if firing will impact on case in which Caruso is suing six South Africans for defamation
By John Yeld
News | 1 April 2021
Court stops Mpumalanga coal mine
No mining will be permitted in critical water source area until legal challenges are settled
By John Yeld
Law | 25 March 2021
MEC opens up the way for mining in protected Mpumalanga grasslands
Provincial government revokes status of part of Mabola Protected Environment
News | 10 March 2021
West Coast mining magnate due in court in March on assault charges
Australian courts drop one charge against Mark Caruso, two still pending
By John Yeld
News | 16 February 2021
SLAPP in the face for Australian mining company
“Victory for activism and free speech” as judge rules in favour of SA lawyers, activists and social worker
By John Yeld
Law | 10 February 2021
Environmentalists lose bid to close Somkhele coal mine
Judge said applicants had not produced evidence to support their claims
Law | 9 February 2021
Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land
Residents of Mononono village in North West take on Ikwezi Vanadium
Feature | 28 January 2021