Alternative Mining Indaba 2013
Civil society representatives gathered in a parallel event to South African’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town in early February. The official gathering styles itself as the “world’s largest mining investment conference.” …
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Analysis and reflection by Bishop Jo Seoka, Chairman of the Bench Marks Foundation
“Whatever happens, the country can ill afford any job losses and sustainable solutions need to be found that not only consider shareholder …
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Policemen’s footage – taken with cellphones as they made their way towards the centre of the infamous Small Koppie at Marikana on 16 August last year – shows the extent of the killings there.
The …
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When South Africa’s apartheid police massacred 69 people in Sharpeville in 1960, the revulsion spread as far as northern England. James Nichol, then 15, took part in his first street protest.
“I remember there were …
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As tensions in the mining sector start to flair up again, newly-elected ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa told CNN that mining companies need to take greater responsibility for the welfare of their workers. Speaking to …
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Evidence has emerged that police who mowed down striking Lonmin workers in the “Marikana Massacre” last August, deliberately shot their victims, without taking any steps to arrest them.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12072.
London-listed Xstrata is a …
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Police in South Africa have been accused of planting weapons on the bodies of dead miners as part of an official cover-up of the Marikana massacre, in August.
The Marikana mine is owned by London-listed …
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Following the September 2012 Marikana massacre of protesting mineworkers, a chequered “pattern” of re-hiring and firing is emerging in South Africa’s gold and platinum fields. A few mine managers have taken back workers they previously …
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The five-week wildcat strike at South Africa’s Marikana mine, owned by London-registered corporation Lonmin, ended with an important victory for the miners, which increased wages by between 11 and 22 percent. However, the way that …
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A month ago, in the wake of the Marikana massacre, Mines and Communities commented on the failure of South Africa’s National Mineworkers’ Union, to reconcile with a rival union, the AMCU.
Not only has such conciliation not …
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A judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal shootings of 44 people at a Marikana mine has opened. The inquiry was set up by South African President Jacob Zuma. The investigation will determine the roles …
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1 October 2012
It looks as though the on-off merger between Glencore and its already partly-owned associate Xstrata will go ahead after all, with Xstrata’s board recommending shareholders to vote in favour of the deal. …
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