by Macua Team | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Instant News, Written Resources
By Senthati Katlego Zasekhaya Lindiwe Mayelani, 39, has been living at Emalahleni since 2009. Originally from Limpopo, she came to Mpumalanga in search of work and now stays at MNS, an informal settlement adjacent from a mine owned by Masemanzi Mining Holdings. The...
by Macua Team | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Instant News, Written Resources
By MACUA Media MACUA submitted a detailed and damning report to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on the 2nd of April 2025 as part of the Commission’s National Inquiry into Artisanal Mining and its impact on surrounding communities and the scope and...
by Macua Team | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Instant News, Written Resources
By Tholakele Thabane Itumeleng Mashilane is a performer and writer from Khutsong in the town of Carletonville, West Rand of Gauteng. He uses his art as a form of activism and resistance to the injustices mining companies subject host communities to. Itumeleng is a...
by Macua Team | May 19, 2025 | Blog, Instant News, Written Resources
By Tholakele Thabane The community members of Smashblock informal settlement in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, have been in limbo since the 1980s when the Thabazimbi Iron Ore Mine sought to expand its mining operations into their homes. The community members said the mine, now...
