Jana Marais
@janamarais.bsky.social
Mining, mountains, and a few things in between
Reminding myself that one should never judge a people by the quality of their politicians...
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Miles of magic along the PCT
It had been five days since my last shower, but that would have to wait – I had survived the past 15km fueled solely by the promise of a burger.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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.
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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.
SOUTH AFRICA: Sibanye-Stillwater’s Neal Froneman to retire: the man who spun South African gold into a global Goliath
www.dailymaverick.co.za
February 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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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🚀 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
📩 Apply now: africacheck.info/vacancy_juni...
📅 Deadline: 17 Feb 2025
February 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚀 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
📩 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...
Meet the mineworkers who will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup www.news24.com/citypress/sp...
Meet the mine workers who will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup | City Press
'Sometimes we start working before sunrise and we are at training from 3pm' – Sibanye Golden Stars FC captain Moiloa Molefe.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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...
Meet the mineworkers who will face Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup www.news24.com/citypress/sp...
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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...
How Stilfontein spiralled out of control - Currency News
There are many issues feeding into the humanitarian crisis at the North West mine. But there’s no doubt the state’s iron-fist response made things worse.
currencynews.co.za
January 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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...
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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...
Mantashe, Mchunu told to ‘voetsek’ after 27 bodies retrieved from Stilfontein mine
While rescue teams worked to retrieve illegal miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein gold mine just outside Stilfontein, anxious relatives watched from the sidelines as miners and corpses were brought o...
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January 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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...
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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
January 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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
