Mining
Deaths, cover-ups and bribes at Zimbabwe’s lawless Redwing Mine
Thousands of artisanal gold miners toil in the dirt in a mine controlled by political elites
By Owen Gagare
Feature | 24 March 2025
Big oil find in Limpopo? Or just false hope?
Troubling questions for Booi Brothers about their exploration in Vhurivhuri
By Anton van Zyl and Elmon Tshikhudo
News | 20 March 2025
Here’s how we can move to renewable energy in a just way
Mining companies could fulfil their social obligations by investing in these projects
By Robert Krause and Lee-Anne Bruce
Opinion | 17 March 2025
Stilfontein protesters demand commission of inquiry into police conduct
They also demanded that mining minister Gwede Mantashe resign
Brief | 6 February 2025
Picket at Mining Indaba demands justice for Stilfontein miners
Activists called for reparations to be paid to the families of the miners who died
By Liezl Human
Brief | 5 February 2025
“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
246 miners rescued, 78 bodies retrieved
News | 17 January 2025
Bodies and emaciated zama zamas recovered from Stilfontein mine
The family of the miner who brought the court action to get government to rescue them remain hopeful that he is still alive underground
Photo Essay | 14 January 2025
The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas
South Africa’s illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs
Feature | 28 November 2024
Diamond mines everywhere but Richtersveld town battles poverty
Sanddrift residents struggle to get medication, ambulances, and jobs
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 25 November 2024