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A police officer interacts with security personnel at the gate of a disused mine near Rustenburg, North West province. South African police said 14 illegal miners were killed and scores of others injured at the disused mine. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

South Africa digs deep: Anti-illegal mining operation prospers

1 day

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Legislation & Regulation

Public comment open: Legal practice and trust law reforms, tougher penalties for illegal mining

13 Aug 2026

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Mining

Stilfontein: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jan 2025

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

Rudie Opperman. Source: Supplied

Technology

Edge computing could solve SA's illegal mining crisis

Rudie Opperman 13 Nov 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures during the opening of the US-sub-Saharan Africa trade forum to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), at the NASREC conference centre in Johannesburg. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Ramaphosa deploys the army to fight Zama Zamas

Tannur Anders and Nelson Banya 9 Nov 2023

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Mining

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Reinier Minny 25 Aug 2022

Michelle Goliath played a major role in establishing the first ethically sourced, fair, women-owned, artisanal diamond process.

Mining

#WomensMonth: Creating a space for women artisanal miners

8 Aug 2019

Laurence Smith, executive, Graphic Image Technologies

Mining

Beef up visual security to clamp down on illegal mining

Laurence Smith 21 May 2019

Janine Espin, MD of Economic Development Solutions

Mining

What happens to the community when a mine closes?

Janine Espin 13 Nov 2018

Agriculture

Farm crime cost Free State farmers millions annually

21 Oct 2016

Finalists announced for Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards 2016

Media

Finalists announced for Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards 2016

30 May 2016