South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

Source: The continuing growth of small towns in Zimbabwe As the economic geography of Zimbabwe reconfigures following land ...

The military’s murderous tactics in defence of the mining giant’s profits caused outrage, with people taking to the streets of Obuasi town in protest and setting fire to several buses.

The newly launched Junior Mining Fund, with its R400-million of capital, represents a positive development despite its relative modesty, reports mining industry lobby association Minerals Council ...

In mid-January 2024 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala ...

In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...

The fourth edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), held last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hosted a pioneer Africa ...

On Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and France drilled down the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last month in Paris, with concrete commitments by France to upgrade the laboratory, provide ...

Nigeria and France have strengthened their mining partnership with actionable agreements to implement the Memorandum of ...

The agreements were reached on Wednesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during a meeting between Nigeria’s Minister of Solid ...

Illegal mining in South Africa is known to cause far-reaching problems for nearby communities, including violent crime and destruction of community infrastructure. Community members also speak of ...