Video evidence showing a confrontation between striking Lonmin miners and police at Marikana will be reconstructed and shown to the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, the SABC reported. Read more »
The government is attracting criticism by refusing to join 31 other countries in signing up to an international standard aimed at ensuring transparency in the oil, gas and mining ... Read more »
A meeting of Kimberley Process meeting calling for stiffer penalties for those dealing in blood diamonds has failed to come up with a broader definition of the term. Read more »
Researchers on mining sites in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say the number one mineral funding militia groups is now gold because it is harder to trace than other ... Read more »
The President has sworn in Johannes Tomana as Prosecutor-General to lead criminal prosecution for a renewable six years in compliance with the new Constitution. Read more »
Platinum mining firms in Zimbabwe were given a two-year mandate to build a local refinery - a requirement that was reportedly ignored but now which government says, may result in ... Read more »
A pink diamond mined by De Beers somewhere in Africa in 1999 has been sold for a record price for a gemstone. Reuters reports that it was cut from a 132.5 carat rough diamond but ... Read more »
President Jacob Zuma has denied any involvement in the "Guptagate" scandal despite claims made by the SA National Defence Force. Read more »
A non-profit group has filed a criminal complaint against a Swiss company for allegedly laundering gold pillaged from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »
Singer and organiser of the Red October march, Sunette Bridges has said the government failed to uphold the Constitution, "and, in doing so it has failed the citizens of South ... Read more »
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