Protesters outside Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital on Sunday, 20 February 2022. (Photo: Masego Mafata) Two weeks after the Gauteng government held a media conference to announce its plans for the repair of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, medical staff report little evidence of progress and patients continue to bear the brunt of mismanagement. Prof […]
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Congo to sell Gertler’s oil, gold, iron ore permits
Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, pictured here. (Image: Bloomberg Markets via YouTube.) The agreement “will allow us to promote and resell the assets,” government spokesman Patrick Muyaya told reporters at a briefing broadcast on Twitter Thursday. The government declined to make the full agreement available as the two sides continue to hammer out the details and […]
South Africa: Ten Months Later Government Hits Reset Button On Charlotte Maxeke Hospital Repairs
It’s been 10 months of stuttered progress, missed deadlines, and limited communication on why the Gauteng provincial government has been unable to get Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital fully reopened after a fire last April. The Gauteng government has now put it down to a "disagreement" between the Gauteng Departments of Health and Infrastructure and Development. […]
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine should return water supply to Wawasi and Creek Area
I may be forced to file an official report to all the international associations AngloGold Ashanti is a member of and a signatory to if they decide to continue with their decision to illegally per their standards take off the water supply from the Wawasi and Creek communities. These said communities had their own source […]
Charlotte Maxeke closure is placing ‘severe strain’ on Helen Joseph
A fire at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in April has resulted in its partial closure. This has placed severe strain on the Gauteng health system. (Archive photo: Masego Mafata) The Gauteng health department has taken over the reconstruction of the hospital from the provincial Department of Infrastructure Development. Health workers at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg […]
Kibali Delivers Another Stellar Performance and Expects to Grow Its Mineral Reserves Net of Depletion
All amounts expressed in US dollars KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD) (TSX:ABX) – The Kibali gold mine produced a total of 812,152 ounces 1 , well within guidance for 2021, and expects to increase its mineral reserves net of depletion for the third successive year, […]
New high-grade lode discovery at Kibali excites Barrick CEO
Kibali gold mine in the DRC Kibali gold mine in the DRC Gold miner Barrick Gold revealed at a media briefing in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 21, that underground drilling at the Kibali gold mine’s KCD orebody was defining a new high-grade lode above the base of the existing […]
Mining: Ministerial committee to review health, safety inaugurated
The setting up of the Committee became necessary following the Apiate explosion The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, MP, on Monday 7th February 2022, inaugurated a five-member Ministerial Committee of Inquiry, chaired by Minerals Engineer and Vice-Chancellor of the Paa Grant University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa (UmaT), Prof. Richard Amankwah, […]
Gauteng officials suspended over R588m refurbishment of AngloGold Ashanti Covid hospital
Premier David Makhura, flanked by Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development Tasneem Motara and Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi, officially opens AngloGold Ashanti Hospital in Carletonville on the West Rand on Friday, 14 May 2021. (Photo: Twitter / @David_Makhura) The Gauteng government has suspended nine senior officials in the departments of health and infrastructure after the […]
Mining & metals 2022: ESG and energy transition – the sector’s biggest opportunity
For the mining & metals industry, 2021 will be remembered for two very clear themes. First, the stunning recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that sent commodity prices soaring to levels never seen before. Second, that ESG has anchored itself as a mainstream aspect of business and will remain top-of-mind in the boardroom. While the industry […]