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Protests against Glencore: Accusations of supporting military actions in Gaza

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen On Thursday, a coalition of Palestinian solidarity groups, trade unions, and civil society organizations under the South African BDS and Energy Embargo for Palestine Campaign staged protests in Johannesburg and Cape Town. These demonstrations targeted Glencore, a Swiss-owned mining company, which activists claim is supporting Israel’s military efforts by supplying coal. The protests took place outside Glencore’s headquarters in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, and its subsidiary Astron’s offices […]

today23 August 2024

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Glencore’s role in #ParadisePapers leak: What you need to know

The activities of Glencore, the world’s biggest commodity trader, are under scrutiny after a massive leak of confidential information from offshore law firm Appleby Global Group Services. Glencore was one of the top clients of Appleby, which even had a "Glencore Room" at its Bermuda office that kept information on the trader’s 107 offshore companies, according to an investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Appleby suffered an […]

today6 November 2017

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Gupta company fails to pay R4.2m clinic bill

Optimum Coal Mine has failed to pay a R4.2 million invoice to a company contracted to build a new state-of-the-art public health clinic. The Gupta family-owned Optimum is the company at the centre of the Public Protector’s State of Capture report and could face losing its mining rights, GroundUp reported. Optimum owns a coal-mine in Hendrina, Mpumalanga. Its mining rights are dependent on fulfilling its social and labour commitments in […]

today14 December 2016

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