Here is a link to the statement by the ANC on why the mines of South Africa should be nationalized. This is a discussion document prepared for the ANC Youth League at their planned League National Council Meeting on 23 to 27 August.
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ANC and why South Africa’s mines should be nationalized
Posted in Africa, People, mining, tagged Malema, mines, nationalize, South Africa on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why Not? A Personal History of Mining in South Africa
Posted in Africa, Mining history, tagged East Geduld, Evander, history, mining, South Africa on April 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The weekend looms. Nothing serious to say about mining. Thus here is something I found last night in my e-files while cleaning things up. It is a mere set of personal recollections fo growing up on a mine in South Africa in the 1950s. Enjoy it for what it is.
No more South African mining investment while Malema spits venom
Posted in Africa, Investing & Finance, tagged investment, Malema, Pebble Mine, South Africa on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More sobering and indeed scary news from South Africa about Julius Malema. I quote a new article, which states, in part:
Mining industry research versus consultants for solutions
Posted in Africa, Mining history, Underground, consulting, safety, tagged CSIR, mining, research on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was just a small kid, our school class was taken on a field trip to the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Being the snotty cynic I was then (and probably still am) I was unimpressed. I could not fathom the potential benefit of looking at alternative wheat strains, [...]
Malema and Mining Opponents–including Bill C-300
Posted in Africa, Church, Community relations, Law (Mining), mining, tagged Bill C-300, malema. south africa. nationalize, mining on March 16, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Julius Malema has called for the nationalization of South Africa’s mines. I have warned investors to stay away from South African mines as long as Malema and his ilk are rampant. A new report on Malema and those who seek to gain control of first world mining operations also reveals much about the motivations of [...]
The Mining Week in Review
Posted in About the news, Africa, California, Global Warming, Gold, Mining history, tagged California, Global Warming, mining, South Africa, wine on March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As the week winds down, here are some of the more way-out postings I have encountered this week on the subject of mining:
No Mines in the South African Wine Farms
Posted in Africa, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), environmental, tagged mining, stellenbosch. cape town, wine. south africa on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Normally a report about miners being unwelcome is full of sad tales of aboriginals who protest the disturbance of the forests and sacred vales. Normally one feels a passing sadness and empathy for the primitive peoples about to be yanked into the new century, and deprived of a supposedly idyllic, albeit primitive lifestyle.
Final perspectives on South Africa and mining
Posted in Africa, Investing & Finance, tagged mining, racilaism, South Africa on February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have just spent the past two weeks travelling around South Africa and talking to its mining people. This is obviously not the country I last visited nineteen years ago. Today there are friendly people providing services at every shop and kiosk. There is a happy mix of people in every office I entered and [...]
This is South Africa and mining
Posted in Africa, Investing & Finance, Mining history, mining, tagged blacks, Johannesburg, mining, South Africa, Wetdene on February 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The past week has been spent in Illovo, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (at least I think that is the correct string of names to pinpoint the location.) Yesterday I returned to Westdene where, in 1973, I bought a house for R10,000, sold in 1979 for R45,000, and which today is worth R1.3 million–the impact of inflation [...]