Mining
Silicosis: 68-year-old mineworker gets compensation payout months before he dies
Q(h)ubeka Trust winds up after paying out R420-million in compensation following court settlement with employers
News | 13 September 2023
11th-hour out-of-court settlement reached on West Coast diamond mining
A major legal battle over the extension of 30-year mining rights has been averted
By John Yeld
News | 1 September 2023
Court challenge to 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights
Fishers say they were ignored when the original rights were awarded between 1994 and 1998
By John Yeld
News | 28 August 2023
Lack of mining jobs spurs protest in Kagiso
Pan African Resources says it will not give in to the “equivalent of a construction mafia”
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 August 2023
We will take matters into our own hands, Riverlea community leader warns Bheki Cele
Police minister and mining officials meet community following protests over violence blamed on informal miners
Brief | 4 August 2023
“We are prisoners in our own homes” says Riverlea resident
Protests held against violence blamed on turf wars between zama zamas
Brief | 31 July 2023
Mining companies eye the last unspoilt strip of the Western Cape’s west coast
Concerns over cumulative impact of new prospecting
By John Yeld
News | 4 July 2023
Report sheds light on Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado
Activities of United States cashew nut company singled out
News | 6 June 2023
Standoff between shack dwellers and sand mining company in Khayelitsha
Mining operations halted after families living in shacks near the site complain about sand filling their homes
By Vincent Lali
News | 30 May 2023