The special Cabinet committee on Eskom will hold more meetings with organised labour to discuss the contentious restructuring of the struggling power utility into three units, according to a statement issued on Thursday. "The meeting with labour re…
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Evidence leader at the Zondo Inquiry, Advocate Kate Hofmeyr, on Tuesday gave an overview of the evidence of corruption in Eskom’s coal supply contract with Gupta family businesses that was going to be presented by a new witness. Daniel Mashigo, acting …
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Rescue and body retrieval workers on Friday afternoon brought to the surface 13 more bodies of suspected copper cable thieves from the underground area at Gloria coal mine near Middelburg in Mpumalanga, provincial police spokesman Brigadier Leonard Hla…
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Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza told the Zondo Inquiry on Friday that the current board of directors discovered that the power utility was "the main stage in the theatre of corruption" when it was appointed in January 2018. Asked by evidence lead…
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Unemployed people at Ikemeleng in Kroondal near Rustenburg marched to the Kroondal Mine on Monday, demanding jobs. "We are here today to let the mine know that we as Ikemeleng community want what is ours and that is jobs and tenders. There is a ten…
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The Minerals Council South Africa on Friday applauded President Cyril Ramaphosa’s emphasis on improving the ease of doing business in the country during his annual address in Parliament on the state of the nation. The council also welcomed Ramaphosa’s …
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Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has welcomed the announcement made by French oil and gas company Total of a significant gas discovery in the Outeniqua Basin, off the coast of South Africa. Total said on Thursday that it had made a gas conden…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that the mining industry in South Africa is not a sunset industry, rather it is a sunrise industry. Speaking on the second day on the 25th annual Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Ramaphosa said…
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The Minerals Council South Africa said on Tuesday it was working to improve relationships between mines and communities, and to improve the developmental outcomes of companies’ corporate social investment programmes. Minerals Council senior executive f…
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The damage that was done to South Africa’s economy over the past nine years before Cyril Ramaphosa became President has had huge impact on the investability of the mining sector, Minerals Council of South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Tuesday. "A…
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