THE European Union has been criticised for its decision "to delist Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation before the dust has settled on Zimbabwe's flawed elections". Read more »
A major investigation by the international NGO Human Rights Watch has turned the spotlight on the use of thousands of children in Tanzania to work on small-scale gold mines, ... Read more »
Thousands of automotive workers have embarked on strike action in a demand for higher wages - an action that will impact more directly on the country as fuel attendants have also ... Read more »
The mining sector faces a major challenge following indications that more gold mines may close, citing viability concerns, low investor confidence and a failure to obtain approval ... Read more »
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers in the gold sector have downed tools for better wages and improved working and living conditions. Read more »
As the new U.S. special envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Senator Russ Feingold, embarks on his first trip to the region, it is ... Read more »
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected a final pay offer by employers in the gold mining industry, while smaller unions are still considering the offer. The NUM has ... Read more »
South Africa's Constitutional Court has dismissed an application to compel the government to fund the legal costs of miners wounded in the Marikana shootings last year. The move by ... Read more »
South Africans are commemorating the violence that occurred in Marikana near Rustenburg in the North West province in August 2012 which claimed the lives of about 34 mineworkers. Read more »
DR-Congo Commuters Skeptical of Government's Transit Plan...Female Union Leader Shot Dead at Marikana Mine...President Mugabe Tells Defeated Foe to 'Go Hang'... Read more »
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