ROVING REPORTERS Coal mining fear sparks unexpected conservation boom in Mpumalanga 3 min 0 By Fred Kockott
MINERAL WEALTH PORTAL SA’s mining cadastre is on track to shine the light of transparency after years of stumbling in the dark 3 min 5 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear: There are promising signs Mantashe’s DMPR is embracing mining transparency 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
UPSTREAM SECTOR Ramaphosa signs petroleum Bill as SA lags behind neighbours in hydrocarbon race 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
PROGRESS REPORT In a rare show of transparency, DMRE updates mining applications process on social media 3 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear: DMRE’s tardy excuses for applications shambles underscore its dysfunction 5 min 5 By Ed Stoddard
DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY Mantashe’s missed mining target — SA still accounts for less than 1% of global exploration spend 4 min 6 By Ed Stoddard
DEPARTMENT DYSFUNCTION Director-general Thabo Mokoena steps down from the wreckage that is the DMRE 4 min 8 By Ed Stoddard
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS OP-ED What’s behind Creecy's legal backtracking on protecting communal land right holders against mining? 5 min 1 By Michael Kidd
New Frame Olifants River set to become a new home of mining — to the detriment of residents and the environment as a whole 7 min 4 By Barry Christianson
ECO-POLITICS Toxic capitalism has led to the climate crisis, says academic Jacklyn Cock 1 min 2 By Ufrieda Ho
BUSINESS MAVERICK Exclusive: Government (sort of) clarifies reduction in mining application backlog 2 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
OP-ED Why the ANC is bent on conferring colonial and apartheid-era rights on rural chiefs 5 min 0 By Peter Delius
Right of Reply N2 Wild Coast toll road will be a catalyst for sustained development 4 min 0 By Vusi Mona
OP-ED Dispossession without compensation the legacy for poor rural communities 6 min 0 By Zenande Booi
