Stats SA reports a 0.2% GDP contraction in Q2 driven by falls in mining, manufacturing and trade; unemployment rises to 33.6% as exports lag imports.
Experts call for a national post‑mining economy strategy to prevent poverty, illegal mining and to repurpose mine infrastructure for community use and new industries.
The DMPR confirmed 14 suspected illegal miners died at a Rustenburg site that lies within the boundaries of a valid mining permit. Search and rescue and...
Diamonds generate huge value while communities above mining fields see little. From Angola to Botswana, accountability and market shifts shape who benefits.
Liberty Coal and Mantengu Minerals Limited have escalated a public and legal dispute following the resignation of Mantengu’s former CEO, Mike Miller. The conflict involves court...
Economic debate, not xenophobia, must guide action, EFF leader says. Speaking at the funeral service of uMkhonto weSizwe Party parliamentary deputy chief whip Mzikayise Ntshingila on...
South Africa’s legacy of abandoned mines is creating a growing risk of land collapse and seismic activity, experts warn. They say acid water, the collapse of...
After seven years of legal battles with Mafube Coal, the Buta family has been removed from their homestead on Nooitgedacht farm near Middelburg, the family and...
A summit with a challenge At a gathering in Fourways, north of Johannesburg, the talk wasn’t just about geology, it was about sovereignty. Africa’s minerals, from...