Miners from China face corruption, legal obstacles and even physical danger as they work the African country’s soil for the precious metal by Amy Nip reporting from Kumasi and Obuasi in Ghana. This story was originally published in South China… Continue Reading
A Chinese consortium recently won a concession to revive production at the Kilembe Mines in southwestern Uganda. The mines, which contain substantial deposits of copper and cobalt, stopped operating in 1982. With funding from the Wits China-Africa Reporting Project, Fredrick… Continue Reading
Sunday Times Business writer Loni Prinsloo describes the frenzy of construction and lofty expectations thanks to substantial Chinese investment of a forgotten Highveld mining town. It is where Desmond Tutu was born and where one of the oldest stock exchanges… Continue Reading
A new type of Chinese immigrant is moving to South Africa – the skilled, educated professionals who are unafraid of exploring new territory. Nomads with iPads, they make new lives for themselves wherever they are. Who are they and why… Continue Reading
Read Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong’s response on Pambazuka News to Human Rights Watch’s update on Chinese copper mining in Zambia which they describe as “shoddy social science and part of the one-sided China-in-Africa discourse that is promoted by the… Continue Reading