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In a rare show of unity, the country’s biggest labour federation, Cosatu, and Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) have called for urgent action against state capture and "other elements" threatening economic stability in SA. Read More

Last week, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane released the mining charter which increased the black ownership target to 30%. Read More

The Chamber of Mines on Monday lodged legal papers in an urgent application to stop Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane from implementing the new Mining Charter. Read More

The new Mining Charter was destined to end up in court. On Monday, the Chamber of Mines filed papers that tore into the controversial plan. Read More

The Chamber of Mines says the Department of Mineral Resources negotiated in ‘bad faith’ by producing a third iteration of the charter with elements it had never seen. Read More

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa said it had applied for an urgent interdict to stop the implementation of the Mining Charter which it styled “… a most egregious case of regulatory overreach”. Read More

Populist rhetoric is drowning out much of the good work being done to try to restore clarity to the South African situation. Read More

Banks will simply stop financing BEE deals if industry is 'uninvestable' Read More

A well-prepared and equipped state should know that in a battle over ideas, this is the crowd where it's the bloodiest before any breakthrough. Read More

The Chamber of Mines responded with dismay to reported comments by mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, that South Africa’s mining industry was negotiating in bad faith by opposing the Mining Charter in the courts. Read More