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SA has the tools to ensure 500,000 miners are paid out for silicosis and TB — here’s the problem
1+ week, 3+ day ago (516+ words) Nearly half a million miners are owed compensation for silicosis and tuberculosis claims but getting the money to them and their families is still a hard journey. Fidelis Hove leads Genesis Analytics’ social protection work, helping governments spend more and…...
Cobalt Red: How the blood of the Congo powers our lives
2+ week, 6+ day ago (182+ words) Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has travelled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working and dying for cobalt in Congo. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Democratic Republic of Congo’s…...
Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (206+ words) The incident occurred at around 2 a.m. (0200 GMT) in the Gbessia commune of Conakry, according to a government statement. The death toll was 30, with six people seriously injured and 16 more lightly injured, the statement said. Rescue operations were continuing at the site…...
Regulatory failure, not criminality, lies at the heart of SA’s mining crisis
3+ week, 4+ day ago (581+ words) Phyllia Ngoatje is an attorney at Lawyers for Human Rights, working in the Environmental Rights Programme. Fourteen miners were recently victims of a tragic incident in an improperly closed mine in Nkaneng, near Marikana, in North West. While the current…...
DRDGold pays dividends for 19th consecutive year, eyes expansion outside SA
3+ week, 4+ day ago (575+ words) There is money to be made from Johannesburg’s old mine dumps, and DRDGold has now paid dividends for 19 consecutive years to prove that assertion. Now, the company that has helped transform the Johannesburg landscape and environment for the better while…...