Mining
Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval
Department of Mineral Resources approved Australian company’s application to do mineral prospecting on northern bank of Olifants River estuary
By John Yeld
News | 3 July 2018
Are mining companies repairing the damage they cause?
Centre for Environmental Rights report says slack financial reporting standards make it difficult to tell
By John Yeld
News | 20 June 2018
18-year-old informal miner mourns his dead friend
It’s hard to go underground, but life must go on, says Tawanda
Feature | 14 June 2018
Meet Adriaan du Toit, the “independent” geologist who trolls environmentalists and Cyril Ramaphosa
Du Toit’s work helped an Australian company get prospecting rights on the West Coast
By John Yeld
News | 8 June 2018
The right to protest is being violated in small mining towns
Municipalities, mine management and police collude to prevent protests
By Bongani Xezwi and Nosipho Ntshangase
Opinion | 7 June 2018
Prospect of mining on Olifants River estuary alarms fishermen
Government grants prospecting rights to controversial Australian company
By John Yeld
News | 28 May 2018
Case dropped against arrested informal gold miners
Four miners fined for contravening immigration law
Brief | 18 May 2018
Miners protest for better safety following Sibanye Stillwater deaths
Unions say there have been 33 fatalities so far in 2018
By Zoë Postman
News | 11 May 2018
Community consent is not needed for mining rights, says lawyer
Department of Mineral Resources in court over Xolobeni mine
By Zoë Postman
News | 25 April 2018