UK calls for fresh sanctions against Mugabe’s regime

Zimbabwe continued to attract heightened attention as the UK’s Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, on Monday urged the world to initiate fresh sanctions against Robert Mugabe’s regime. Miliband, who was in South Africa to attend the eighth...

Business deals struck with Mugabe’s govt will be reviewed, MDC warns

A senior official of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has warned that business deals struck with President Robert Mugabe’s government during the last few years will be “scrutinised and dealt with accordingly” if the party...

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer in conversation with Madupi Makhamele, host of ‘The Editors’, a show broadcast nationally on SAfm

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer in conversation with Modupi Makhamele, host of ‘The Editors’, a show broadcast nationally on SAfm every Sunday morning and dedicated to analysis of the news of the week. This week has a strong focus...

Botswana's coal opportunity comes under the spotlight

Coal reserves in Botswana are estimated to be in excess of 200-billion tons, and are currently underexploited. For this reason, the development of a so-called 'ecological coal-based industrial hub' in Botswana could unleash the potential for a...

Mining key in Sierra Leone reconstruction

Sierra Leone, devastated by a decade (1991 to 2001) of brutal civil war, is hoping that the mining sector will play a major role in its reconstruction process.

Mining key to reconstructing Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, devastated by a decade (1991 to 2001) of brutal civil war, is hoping that the mining sector will play a major role in its reconstruction process.