Miningreview13h
Winch training in the era of 4IR: Adopting digital technology to improve winch safety and performance
A total of 45% of employers and a staggering 71% of mining training providers responded that they have never had exposure to 4IR training.
Mining Weekly16h
Underground feasibility progressing, early works capital being deployed – Tharisa
A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is ...
Zimbabwe1d
Zimbabwe dithers on confronting South Africa over the ‘massacre’ of its nationals at Stilfontein Mine
Spread This NewsBy Darlington Gatsi ZIMBABWEAN authorities in South Africa are hesitant to confront the government about its role in the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in ...
Krone3d
South African gold miners became cannibals
More than 300 illegal gold miners were trapped in a gold mine in South Africa for months. Some of them became cannibals underground, as two men have ...
Daily Maverick3d
Informal mining in SA is here to stay, and police brutality won’t end it — here’s what will
The solution to the problem of informal economies is not policing. Nor is it regulation. The solution must begin with massive regional economic repair.
Miningreview3d
Illegal Mining: The dark heart of South Africa’s mining industry
Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
Trapped miners ‘resort to cannibalism’ after police block their food and water
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...
Trapped South African miners resorted to CANNIBALISM and snacked on cockroaches
Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...
Trapped miners 'resorted to CANNIBALISM to survive': Survivors of South African horror describe how men 'cut parts of legs, arms and ribs for sustenance'
Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...
Mail & Guardian4dOpinion
Stilfontein crisis underlines the need to regulate artisanal mining
Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...
allAfrica.com on MSN4d
78 Miners Found Starved and Dehydrated to Death in South African Police Operation Against Unlicensed Mining
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Stilfontein Illegal Miner Describes Tiger As Brutal Henchman, States He Wasn’t a Kingpin As Claimed
An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...