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Land rights and mining


02 February 2025 Daily Maverick

Photo essay: Among the forgotten mountains and deserted mines of the Northern Cape

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29 January 2025 Daily Maverick

Karoo Dust Bowl (Part III) — drought-battered Richtersveld farmers fear destructive creep of mining

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Card image 17 January 2025 BBC

Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality

Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of miners.

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Card image 14 January 2025 Al Jazeera

Operation under way to rescue trapped miners from South African gold mine

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action group says at least 400 men remain trapped in the abandoned mine.

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15 January 2025 Daily Maverick

The ‘surrender or starve’ saga in Stilfontein is a chronicle of deaths foretold

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15 January 2025 Daily Maverick

Stilfontein must not be another Marikana, President Ramaphosa

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Card image 05 January 2025 Daily Maverick

Stilfontein illegal miners are ‘eating human flesh’ and cockroaches to survive, rescued miners tell ConCourt

Three artisanal miners who recently emerged from abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein in North West have told the Constitutional Court about the abhorrent conditions underground. The NGO Mining Affected Communities United in Action wants the court to sanction police and other government actors. Meanwhile, government lawyers argue that the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine should be responsible for the rescue operation.

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Card image 10 January 2025 Daily Maverick

Trapped miners’ desperate letters reveal grim conditions, numerous fatalities and lack of food

Trapped illegal miners in Stilfontein have issued a grim update on their condition, with reports of starvation and deaths escalating.

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Card image 25 November 2024 Sunday World

MK Party proposes legal small-scale mining

The lack of a robust regulatory framework for small-scale mining has left thousands vulnerable and trapped in a dangerous game of survival

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Card image 26 November 2024 Al Jazeera

Trapped for gold: The dangers facing illegal miners in South Africa

Police are in a standoff with illegal gold miners, known as ‘Zama Zamas’ in South Africa.

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