Reminding myself that one should never judge a people by the quality of their politicians... open.substack.com/pub/janamara...

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

Neal Froneman has been a towering figure in the world of mining, a deal maker of note who used the cash churned from three South African gold mines to finance a dizzying merger and acquisition spree.

🚀 Job alert! We're hiring a Junior Researcher in #Johannesburg! If you love busting myths & setting the record straight, this is for you. 📩 Apply now: africacheck.info/vacancy_juni... 📅 Deadline: 17 Feb 2025

Super excited to be cheering on my brand-new colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater this weekend! Meet the mineworkers who will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup www.news24.com/citypress/sp...

The tragedy at the North West mine speaks to a litany of ills: unemployment, collapsing municipalities, a lack of border control and the South African police’s inability to deal with crime. Then the state’s iron-fist response made it even worse, writes Rob Rose. currencynews.co.za/how-stilfont...

Mantashe and Mchunu told to ‘voetsek’ after 27 bodies retrieved from Stilfontein mine, after Mantashe said there was no humanitarian solution for people who broke the law. (This is not a rule applied to ANC cadres, obviously.) www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

There’s truly no place like New Orleans man. I hope (and have little doubt) that things will be the back to the good kind of crazy soon if they aren’t already

In the evening, the Karoo always apologises for the day. - Sheila Snyman (via Carnarvon's wonderful Pieter Hoffman) #Karoo #travel