Mining

Big oil find in Limpopo? Or just false hope?

Troubling questions for Booi Brothers about their exploration in Vhurivhuri

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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

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Opinion | 17 March 2025

Stilfontein protesters demand commission of inquiry into police conduct

They also demanded that mining minister Gwede Mantashe resign

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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

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Brief | 5 February 2025

“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends

246 miners rescued, 78 bodies retrieved

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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

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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

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Feature | 28 November 2024

Diamond mines everywhere but Richtersveld town battles poverty

Sanddrift residents struggle to get medication, ambulances, and jobs

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News | 25 November 2024

Scenes from a zama zama rescue

“They wanted us to go and rescue these guys, but it’s impossible.”

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Feature | 21 November 2024