AMCU threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'

The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union on Friday threatened to bring Africa's top economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month labour crisis. The rand, which...

Phuti Mahanyele

Position: CEO of Shanduka Group since 2010; also deputy chairperson, Pan African Resources plc; nonexecutive director, Lonmin plc

Marikana tragedy has changed industry forever – consultancy

Natural resource and development solutions provider SRK Consulting South Africa chairperson Roger Dixon tells Mining Weekly that the breakdown of the central bargaining system in the South African mining industry has changed the industry and that...

SA’s giant of geostatistics is no more

Danie Krige – an international household name to anyone who studied or practised the science of evaluating mineral resources for mining purposes – died recently in Johannesburg.

Mark Munroe

Position: Executive Vice President: Mining of Lonmin since 2009 Main Activity of the Company: Mining, processing, refining and marketing of platinum group metals Date and Place of Birth: November 24, 1968, Klerksdorp Education: Orkney Primary...

Simphiwe Nanise

Position: COO Mineworkers Investment Trust (MIT) since November 2000 Main Activity of the Trust: The trust was established in 1995 to provide benefits to members of National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and their dependents Main Beneficiaries: JB...

Ramaphosa begins his journey out of business into politics

Newly elected African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has begun to withdraw from his business commitments in order to remove all potential conflicts of interest as he enters deeper into the South African political arena....

Business must cater to employees – Ramaphosa

Big business needs to be more "inclusive" and cater towards the needs of their employees, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said according to a report on Thursday. He said at an ANC breakfast in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday that...

Migrant labour's home deprivation ‘inhumane’ – Ramaphosa

The practice of migrant workers returning to their homes only once or sometimes twice a year was inhumane, Shanduka executive chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa wrote in a Chamber of Mines- (CoM)-sponsored mass-media article last year. In the second of...

Make workers part owners of South Africa’s mines, says former Anglo exec

Workers could and should be made part owners of South Africa’s mines, says scenario planning consultant and former Anglo American executive Clem Sunter in a Chamber of Mines- (CoM-) sponsored mass-media article. In the second of a five-day CoM...

Chamber of Mines embarks on mass-media charm offensive

The Chamber of Mines (CoM) of South Africa has embarked on a five-day mass-media charm offensive to convince civil society that the multitrillion-rand South African mining sector is worth fighting for. CoM CE Bheki Sibiya conceded in the first of...

New Scaw owners home in on African mining, infrastructure prospects

Resources group Anglo American reported on Monday that it had completed the R3.4-billion sale of South African steel group Scaw to a consortium led by the State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). The consortium also includes black...