by BenchMarks | May 1, 2023 | Newsletter
May 2023 Dear Readers, June 16, 1976 will forever be remembered as the year of resistance to apartheid. Thousands were killed, maimed and forced into exile but from these setbacks was born a revolution, anew. And it was led by youth. Today the creative energy and...
by BenchMarks | Apr 2, 2023 | Newsletter
April 2023 Dear comrade, this bulletin focusses on Anglo America Corporation because at the time of publishing it would have had their Annual General Meeting. We are not in the business of celebrating corporations and thus our take will be on how communities all over...
by BenchMarks | Mar 5, 2023 | Newsletter
March 2023 Dear comrade, this edition attempts to cover our usual features and kicks off with the commemoration of the centenary of the historic investigation written by Sol Plaatje, and contained his celebrated Native Life in South Africa about the dispossession of...
by BenchMarks | Feb 3, 2023 | Newsletter
February 2023 Dear Friends, what does social justice mean for you? The theme of Social Justice Day 2023 is Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice. The United Nations designated 23 February as social justice day. We asked a number of...
by BenchMarks | Jan 13, 2023 | Newsletter
January 2023 Dear Friends, in this first edition of 2023, we will talk of the nominated head of the board of the BMF, the children of Kabwe, the continued exclusion of mining communities in the thinking (Umrabulo) and conferences (Mine Health and Safety Council) and...
by BenchMarks | Nov 1, 2022 | Newsletter
November 2022 Dear Hassen, November always seems to have too much to say and do. In this edition, we deal with tailings, following hot after our annual conference focus on mine closure. We also discuss the hot air from political and corporate elites, which is...
