
Will matters be worse for foreign nationals in 2024?
November 2023 Dear Hassen, this edition is filled with the continuing struggles of our people in South Africa, the continent and the world. It has the usuals and some that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q8AGjSGNnU The horrific attack on a crew filming a music video in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday has prompted widespread condemnation. The attack and subsequent rape of eight young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiefuYZ1RnA An interview - conversation between Hassen Lorgat (Bench Marks Foundation) with Jan Morrill,Tailings Manager, Earthworks.org follows the webinar Mine Waste Leaves Toxic Legacies In South Africa. This event also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAgRbmU9Jh0 Conversation with David van Wyk, Head Researcher at Bench Marks Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTgA07m-wCQ The African Mining Indaba takes place in Cape Town next week. It brings together big mining houses and government to discuss investment and opportunities. But, what about the voices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNHewN-sYBw The community of Kwahlathi in KwaZulu Natal continues digging for what it believes are diamonds. To get a better understanding on this story and how the environment is going
November 2023 Dear Hassen, this edition is filled with the continuing struggles of our people in South Africa, the continent and the world. It has the usuals and some that
October 2023 · JUST IN · Dear comrade, this period since we last met, saw two major civil society conferences on mining and extractivism. Whilst the final reports and declarations
September 2023 · JUST IN · Brazil’s supreme court has blocked efforts to dramatically strip back Indigenous land rights in what activists called a historic victory for the South American
Photo courtesy of sahistory.org.za I was invited to speak at a recent seminar for media practitioners hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism and Lawyers for Human Rights.
August 16, 2017, marks 5 years since the Marikana Massacre. On this day five years ago, 34 mineworkers were killed, 78 wounded and 250 people were arrested. The protesting mineworkers
Next week marks ten years since the Marikana Massacre. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has committed to making sure that the remaining matters on the Marikana massacre will
The African Mining Indaba takes place in Cape Town next week. It brings together big mining houses and government to discuss investment and opportunities. But, what about the voices of
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Lerato Mbele speaks to David van Wyk, Mining Anlayst & Researcher at the Bench Marks Foundation about the impact of mining on the
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