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Masemanzi Mine and Emalahleni Local Municipality Deny MNS Community Dignity and Clean Water
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...
MACUA Submits a Landmark Report to the South African Human Rights Commission on the Stilfontein Massacre
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...
Itumeleng Mashilane Uses His Art to Expose the Harm of Mining Companies
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...
Several Mining Companies Forcibly Evicted Smashblock Community and Left Them with Broken Promises
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...
Mining companies use employment forums to divide communities and fostercorruption
Excerpt: Marginalised and mining affected communities are desperate for agile and responsive regulatory frameworks as mining companies exploit communities’ desperation for employment and use this as a divisive tactic to demobilise communities from holding the entities...
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