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Bench Marks Foundation Annual Conference
SAVE THE DATE The...
16 June 1976, 50 Years After: Fight Unemployment
June 2026 Friendly...
Freedom, Fragility & Accountability
May 2026 Friendly...
Building Capacity, Advancing Justice in Times of Crisis
April 2026...
Economic life starts …with communities
March 2026...
Justice Across Borders , Voices from the Ground
FEBRUARY 2026 ‘Not...
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2025
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Toxic Tour to Riverlea and Snake Park
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From extraction to empowerment reclaiming community power in the age of critical minerals
JULY/AUGUST 2025...
Echoes of 1976 mining resistance and the fight for dignity
JUNE 2025 Welcome...
The race to net zero clean energy cannot trample over the poor?
July 2024 Dear...
1955: The people shall govern. 2024: Do they?
June 2024 Dear...
NHI access to quality care determined by need not money
May 2024 Dear...
Freedom is not free but born from struggle
April 2024 Dear...
Power Concedes nothing without a demand
March 2024 Dear...
what power have you got in whose interests do you exercise it?
February 2024 Dear...
If it is not genocide what is it?
January 2024 Dear...
Mining and Xenophobia
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Will matters be worse for foreign nationals in 2024?
November 2023 Dear...
BENCH MARKS FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON RACISM & VIOLENCE IN GAZA
our empathy solidarity cannot be conditional but universal?
October 2023 ·...
It’s the Water Stupid without it we die.
September 2023 ·...
People’s Media Consortium reacts to new SABC board
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Unfiltered | Do the lives of Community Activists matter? 13 March 2023
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Another delay in appointment of SABC board
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The Watchdog | Wits fees protest, SABC board: 02 March 2023 : Hassan Lorgat PMC spokesperson
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South Africa is an attractive destination for investors and mining companies: David Van Wyk
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Alternative Mining Indaba aiming to give voice to affected communities : Hassen Lorgat
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Interview with David van Wyk
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Jagersfontein Dam tailings failure
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Marikana Massacre | What changed 10 years on: Hassen Lorgat
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Benefits of mining not reaching communities – Benchmark Foundation
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Living conditions at Marikana following the massacre 10 years on: Bishop Jo Seoka
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Mining Analyst: David van Wyk weighs in on the illegal mining
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Live | Prevalence of illegal mining in South Africa.
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Krugersdorp incident puts the spotlight on SA mine dumps
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Illegal mining in South Africa
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State Capture Report | Unpacking the final report with Hassen Lorgat
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Glencore graft | Calls for local probe intensify
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AG slams minerals department for inadequate rehabilitation of SA’s abandoned mines
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People’s Media Consortium explains their concerns over SA’s analogue TV switch-off date
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South Africa granted $750M world Bank development policy loan.
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We Remember Marikana – Podcast
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Fuel price | Motorists throttled by skyrocketing fuel prices
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Webinar Mine Waste Leaves Toxic Legacies In South Africa
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The Watchdog | 10 May 2022
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South African Launch of Safety First
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Civil society organisations to challenge government plans to disconnect analogue TV signals
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Communities Speak Out Against SLAPPs
Right To Say No To Mining
AMI Day 3 Opening Plenary
Right to Say No: Learning From Global Struggles
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DISCUSSION: Illegal mining, Zama-Zama miners with David Van Wyk
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John Capel – Bench Marks Foundation
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Non-operational mines lead to illegal mining
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David van Wyk – ‘Earth matters’ Conversation
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David van Wyk provides a better understanding to the developments in Kwahlathini
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Eskom | A dark, cold winter
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Marikana Commemorations I Reflecting on the impact of the massacre: Bishop Jo Seoka
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Discussing recourse and compensation for Marikana massacre victims’ families
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Marikana anniversary | In conversation with Bishop Jo Seoka
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What has changed since Marikana
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In conversation with families of Marikana massacre victims
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Bench Marks Foundation’s John Capel — Marikana residents still live & work in poor conditions
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John Capel talks about the Marikana Massacre
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Bishop Jo Seoka looks back at 2012 Marikana tragedy
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A new Bench Marks Foundation says Lonmin has not delivered to its workers
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Marikana tripartite Alliance rally | Napoleon Webster, David Van Wyk weigh in
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Very little has changed in the mining industry since the Marikana incident
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16 August Marikana tragedy should be commemorated with dignity
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Socio-Economic Rights Still Eluding Marikana Communities
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Marikana Massacre ‘Damning’ Evidence Emerges
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Mining has not delivered, will critical minerals otherwise?
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David van Wyk on the Platinum Mining Industry in SA
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Lonmin workers were seen as criminals: Bishop
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Seoka revokes statement against police at Marikana Inquiry
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Marikana- Sex for Work in Recruitment of Women Miners
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Illegal Mining | 8 decomposing bodies found at Germiston
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#Remember Marikana
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illegal not allowed by the law human a bipedal primate mammal
July 2023 Dear...
Mining firms must be held liable for tragedies at abandoned mines – researcher
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For Freedom We Shall Lay Down Our Lives
June 2023 At the...
Clean drinking water sanitation fundamental human rights
May 2023 Dear...
To rebuild hope we must rediscover ubuntu?
April 2023 Dear...
The native found himself a pariah in his land
March 2023 Dear...
Alternative Mining Indaba 2023 Declaration
Communique 14th...
What does social justice mean to you?
February 2023 Dear...
Power concedes nothing without a demand
January 2023 Dear...
The environmental contamination of villages in close proximity to the Kabwe lead mine in the District of Kabwe, Zambia – Lead Poison Animation
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THE AMI 2023
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Hot air from political and corporate elites worsens climate catastrophe?
November 2022 Dear...
The abc of mine closure
October 2022 Dear...
Heed the call from frontline workers and communities
September 2022...
Nothing has changed for the better things are worse
August 2022 Dear...
Who is the Peoples Media Consortium?
The People’s Media...
“Four lies the government is telling about the Broadcast Digital Migration”, Statement issued by the SaveFreeTV campaign
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‘Mining Charter must include poor communities’
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Hawks arrest eleven illegal miners, seize assets worth millions at Chromnet mine
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Urgent : Corporations must stop externalizing their costs onto society
June 2022 Dear...
10 Years Since Marikana, The Death of South African Innocence
July 2022 Dear...