by BenchMarks | Feb 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Communique
14th Edition of the Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) 7-9 February 2023 | UCT Graduate School of Business Conference Center, Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa A just energy transition: Unlocking Community Potential and Participation...
by BenchMarks | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
South African Attorneys, Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys, in collaboration with London-based lawyers, Leigh Day, have filed a lead poisoning class action lawsuit. This case is against Anglo American South Africa Limited (“AASA”) on behalf of a class which the lawyers...
by BenchMarks | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is that time of the year again. The Alternative Mining Indaba will take place in Cape Town from 4 to 9 February with a number of pre-conference activities. Whilst the 2022 theme focused on a “just energy transition for sustainable mining communities in a climate...
by BenchMarks | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
The People’s Media Consortium (PMC) aims to contribute to the promotion and protection of human, democratic and labour rights by strengthening the media and organising capacity of poor communities and unemployed/vulnerable workers in South Africa to take up their own...
by BenchMarks | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
On 8 March the #SaveFreeTV issued a statement demanding that the government delay the disconnection of millions of people’s analogue TV reception. Later the same day the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) responded in a statement full of...
by BenchMarks | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Image: Reuters Miners seen wearing boots. The independent organisation monitoring social responsibility, Bench Mark Foundation says it will make sure that the Mining Charter includes issues that affect mine workers and poor communities in which mining companies...