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Fighting back: As the Tanzanian case moved into pre-trial stages Patrice Motsepe-linked entities initiated
separate proceedings in South Africa. Photo: Wikipedia

Motsepe firms in $195m mining row

Parallel legal proceedings have unfolded in Tanzania and SA, illustrating the complexity of cross-border litigation in Africa’s minerals sector

Exporting coal to Israel contradicts South Africa’s stance on that country’s genocide in Gaza.

Coal and South Africa’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza

Our exports to Israel contradict our anti-genocide stance, fuelling Israel’s war efforts

Virtual wheeling: The Selemela Solar Park in Lichtenburg, North West, generates and sells electricity to other parts of the country via a wheeling agreement. Pictured here is plant manager Tebogo Tong. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee
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Beyond the Grid: Pinging power from farms to factories

Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How it works and what it means for the country’s energy transition

Stripped: Families say they were not compensated or inadequately compensated by Nkomati mine, which is 45km west of Barberton and 35km east of Machadodorp

Motsepe’s mine in reparation row

For 13 years, the former residents have battled with Nkomati mine over the relocation of graves and the destruction of cattle kraals and homesteads

Silicosis is a disease that affects people in jobs where they breathe in dust that contains silica – a tiny crystal found in sand, rock or mineral ores, such as quartz.

Tshiamiso Trust makes due on silicosis payout

Beneficiaries will now be able to apply to get money from the settlement almost two years after the Johannesburg high court ruled on the matter.

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Patrice’s rainbow empire

Self-made billionaire Patrice Motsepe embraces disruption and renewables in growth strategy

Silicosis is a disease that affects people in jobs where they breathe in dust that contains silica – a tiny crystal found in sand, rock or mineral ores, such as quartz.

Miners can register for silicosis, TB claims online

Potential claimants and their dependents are encouraged to also contact the call centre

Mthobeli Gangatha is a litigant in the class action brought against 29 mining companies. He worked on a gold mine for 16 years.

Suffering litigants rejoice over mining houses’ R5-billion silicosis settlement

Mthobeli Gangatha has learnt to accept that nothing, not even part of the R5-billion settlement announced by lawyers, will ever reverse his condition

Patrice Motsepe called for a probe after Cameroon’s President Paul Biya earlier ordered an investigation.

Patrice Motsepe’s ARM drops KPMG

​African Rainbow Minerals will no longer use the auditing company after continued allegations over the lawfulness of KPMG’s conduct.

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African Rainbow profit rises despite iron ore slump

A weaker rand has help profits at Patrice Motsepe’s mining company rise despite a fall in iron ore prices.

South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe gave the green-light to the AfCon, originally due to be staged in 2019, after talks with Cameroon president Paul Biya.

Motsepe plans money management firm

The Financial Mail has reported that the billionaire is planning to start a financial-services company.

Patrice Motsepe owns more than 40% of African Rainbow Minerals. He is one of the most visible beneficiaries of Black Economic Empowerment in the country

Waiting for the Rainbow: Villagers lament Motsepe’s empty promises

Poverty-stricken villagers wait in vain for development promised to them by African Rainbow Minerals, which pledged to provide houses and roads.

Sit-ins end at two SA platinum mines

A sit-in by workers over a wage dispute that halted production at a South African platinum mine earlier this week ended late on Thursday.

African Rainbow to expand into Southern Africa

African Rainbow Minerals plans to invest in projects in Zimbabwe as part of its expansion into Southern Africa, a company official said.

ARM earnings decline on reduced sales

African Rainbow Minerals on Monday reported a drop in full-year headline earnings, hit by a drop in sales and prices.

ARM’s year earnings surge on metals

Diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals full-year earnings jumped due to strong metal prices and the group gave a bright outlook on Monday.

Two Rivers platinum mine faces strike

South Africa’s biggest mineworkers’ union may call a strike at the jointly owned Two Rivers platinum mine over disputes which include wages.

Workers protest over Assmang blast deaths

An explosion that ripped through a ferromanganese smelter near Durban on Sunday and claimed the lives of five people sparked protests by workers as a Labour Department inquiry…

Govt to start Assmang inquiry on Monday

A formal inquiry by the Department of Labour into the exposure of poisonous fumes at a Cato Ridge manganese company will begin on Monday. The inquiry follows six cases of…