By Andile Mgudlwa, MD of Facilities by Empact Group
As the MD of Facilities by Empact Group, Andile Mgudlwa shares insights on the pivotal role that education and skills development play in empowering mining host communities.
Through targeted education and skills...
On May 1, Kagem Mining Limited (Kagem) took part in the joint Labour Day celebrations, held at the Lufwanyama Boarding School Hall, which brought together representatives from government, mining companies, trade unions, as well as others operating in Lufwanyama,...
First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has pledged its support for President Hakainde Hichilema’s call to advance skills development in mining communities to combat unemployment.
Speaking during Labour Day celebrations attended by the President this week, FQM Trident Human Resource Manager Brighton...
"C'est une si bonne nouvelle, quel merveilleux moment pour la nouvelle Première ministre, Son Excellence Judith Suminwa Tuluka, et pour la RDC ! Que cela inspire de nombreuses jeunes femmes et filles congolaises à viser les étoiles et à...
When a kind stranger took a photograph of Momelezi Sifumba standing at a busy roadside with a cardboard sign stating: ‘Help Me to Find a Job’ and posted it on LinkedIn, little did the unemployed graduate know it would...
Women in Mining and Business (WiMBIZ, SA) has extended its gratitude to Rosond, a leading drilling solutions technology provider, for its continued support and sponsorship of the recent WIMBIZ Quarterly event held on 23 November 2023 and the participation...
by Malcolm Curor, CEO United Manganese of Kalahari
These are uncertain – even frightening – times in which we find ourselves. Simultaneously, we’re experiencing the psychological and financial aftershock of a global pandemic, the escalation of geopolitical tensions, and the...
The Wits Mining Institute (WMI), at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, will be hosting a number of dynamic programmes during 2024 to assist the local and global mining industry to come to grips with emerging challenges.
The increasing...
The once unconventional sight of a woman skilfully operating heavy-duty machinery at a mine is now becoming commonplace at Kagem Mining. Kagem is striving towards increased diversity and inclusion within its workforce, changing gender stereotypes in mining.
2022 marked a...
Leading global firm of consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting has appointed principal scientist Richard O’Brien as a partner in its South African practice.
Based in SRK’s Cape Town office, O’Brien has been involved in environmental geochemistry for over 22...