Reminding myself that one should never judge a people by the quality of their politicians...
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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.
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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
That was the plan but only managed a bit more than half. The Sierra passes were not kind to the knees, but well worth it! 😉
And along the PCT on a very early July morning earlier this year 🤍
In the evening, the Karoo always apologises for the day. - Sheila Snyman (via Carnarvon's wonderful Pieter Hoffman)
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