Botswana

Motsepe cleared! – Botswana court slams dirty money claims as lies

Gaborone – Botswana’s High Court ruled on Friday that a former government investigator’s claims of corruption against South African... Read more

28 Jun

Countries

Niger nationalises unit of French uranium company Orano

Niamey – Niger’s ruling military junta on Thursday announced that it was nationalising a unit of French uranium company... Read more

20 Jun

Countries

Harmony Gold to pay R100k in damages for k-word incident

Harmony Gold has lost an appeal against a ruling by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in the... Read more

19 Jun

Countries

SA’s gold mining past poisons Soweto community, residents say

Soweto – Soweto’s children call it the “yellow mountain”: for decades, a gold mine dump that towers over the Snake... Read more

13 Jun

Countries

Shaft scare at Sibanye! 260 miners kept underground — ‘all accounted for and safe,’ says mine

Westonaria – Damage to a mine shaft kept 260 miners stuck in a gold mine outside Johannesburg overnight, the... Read more

23 May

Business

Mining companies are breaking their promises – and the state is doing nothing about it

A three-year study of 11 mining companies has found they failed to meet the promises made in their Social... Read more

15 May

World

13 kidnapped workers found dead in Peruvian mine

Lima – Thirteen people were found dead inside a mine in Peru after being kidnapped days earlier in the... Read more

5 May

Countries

Mali closes office of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold in tax spat

Bamako – Mali on Tuesday closed the Bamako office of Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold over a tax dispute, Malian... Read more

16 Apr

Countries

SAPS strikes back: 1,733 arrested in massive illegal mining takedown

Pretoria  – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining and associated crimes, with... Read more

10 Apr

Countries

Leader of crisis-hit DRC meets Trump Africa advisor

Kinshasa – Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, battling anti-government forces in the country’s resource-rich east, on Thursday discussed a possible... Read more

4 Apr