Mining

Payments to sick miners in Lesotho resume after fraud scare

Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases reports fraud of R1.4-million

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News | 4 December 2025

Families camp at Lily Mine for six years waiting for bodies of their loved ones

Three miners remain buried 70 metres underground after a collapse at the Barberton mine in 2016

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News | 10 November 2025

Hundreds of jobs at stake at Lesotho diamond mine

25% state-owned Kao Mine could shut down “within weeks”

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News | 21 October 2025

Guns, gangs and gold: The battle for Zambia’s riches

Social media posts have triggered a rush of gold diggers

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Feature | 20 October 2025

The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

“There is a new mining order that is coming. Embrace it, but what is illegal, do not tolerate it,” says minister

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Feature | 8 September 2025

Compensation for sick miners: only 30% of claimants paid out by Tshiamiso Trust

Most claims do not meet the medical criteria, AGM told

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News | 4 September 2025

Child miners risk death in Zambia’s copper pits

Police rescued 38 children from Sensele Mine in July

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Feature | 18 August 2025

Huge admin costs threaten fund for sick miners

People who fought for miners with TB or silicosis to be compensated have raised the alarm, but mining companies defend the process

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Feature | 4 August 2025

Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TB

Delays by the multi-billion rand Tshiamiso Trust have meant 84% of lodged claims have not received compensation

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News | 25 July 2025