Mining
Compensation for sick miners: only 30% of claimants paid out by Tshiamiso Trust
Most claims do not meet the medical criteria, AGM told
News | 4 September 2025
Child miners risk death in Zambia’s copper pits
Police rescued 38 children from Sensele Mine in July
By Charles Mafa and Beverly Subeti
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
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
News | 25 July 2025
Limpopo villagers say Bokoni mine has disrupted their lives
Monametse residents blame the mine for cutting them off from access to river water, grazing land and plants essential for traditional ceremonies.
News | 20 July 2025
Hundreds of people face eviction from abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village
Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 14 July 2025
Harmony Gold to pay R100k in damages for k-word incident
One employee called another the k-word. Harmony Gold did not properly investigate, says the Labour Court
Law | 19 June 2025
Survivor tells how trapped miners ate human flesh and cockroaches to survive
Patrick Ntsokolo hopes to testify before the Human Rights Commission probe into the Stilfontein tragedy
Feature | 18 June 2025
Mining companies are breaking their promises - and the state is doing nothing about it
MACUA report finds mining companies are not sticking to their Social and Labour Plans
Opinion | 15 May 2025