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The Mining Charter announced on June 15 by Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane showed “bad sense”. Read More

The latest example is Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane’s efforts to destroy the mining industry through a combination of incompetence and malevolence. Read More

Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane’s Mining Charter was just an effort to score political points, said Joseph Mathunjwa. Read More

SA could escape a further slide to junk status on Friday in the same way the nation’s leader, Jacob Zuma, defeated a parliamentary rebellion and clung onto power — comfortably but not without some sweating. Read More

High input costs and the fluctuating rand are weighing on mining and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has warned of more retrenchments across the sector because of the government’s lack of focus. Read More

Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) President Joseph Mathunjwa says Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane hasn't given much direction since he was appointed and fighting job cuts is now imperative. Read More

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane suffered another setback when he was forced last week to backtrack on his plan to implement a moratorium on the processing of any new applications for prospecting and mining rights. Read More

The Chamber of Mines hit back at Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, after the minister filed a scathing responding affidavit at the North Gauteng High Court on Monday. Read More

South Africa’s Chamber of Mines responded to accusations by mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, that it was opposed to economic transformation, claiming the redrafted Mining Charter of June 15 served the narrow interests of a select few, principally by installing a fresh tax collection body over which there were no oversight mechanisms. Read More

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has finally responded to the Chamber of Mines’ attempt to interdict the proposed 2017 Mining Charter. He claims the Chamber is trying to block transformation in the industry, but as the courts take over, transformation suffers. Read More