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The community of Xolobeni village, in the Eastern Cape, succeesfully challenged the mining of their land in the High Court in 2018. Rogan Ward © Sunday Times.

April 13, 2021

Law protecting interests of South African communities in mining deals falls short

Yolandi Meyer, University of Johannesburg

Traditional leaders do not adequately represent the interests of rural communities in dealing with mining companies.

Obuasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana has a long history with mining companies. Wikimedia Commons

January 8, 2020

Ghana’s mining communities are still not getting their just dues

Päivi Lujala, University of Oulu

The law missed the opportunity to address misuse of mineral royalties and increase transparency as well as accountability in mineral royalty management.

Mining companies are keen to get to work in underdeveloped, deeply rural parts of South Africa. Shutterstock

July 10, 2016

How clearer strategy and precaution could make mining better for all

Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town and Richard Hill, University of Cape Town

Mining proposals are often hugely controversial in South Africa and can even lead to violence. Better strategic assessments based on participation and precaution would help.

Miners were fired by a sense of solidarity but also by dangerous working conditions, which produced high death and injury rates. Janet Lindenmuth/Flickr

June 9, 2016

Coal and industrial relations: how miners secured workers’ rights

Erik Eklund, Federation University Australia

Miners were among the first workers to organise into trade unions from the middle of the 1700s, battling a lack of legal recognition and resistance from the mine owners.

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