Interview between SABC News Contributing Editor Vuyo Mvoko and AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa.

International stakeholders are asking critical questions of the mining sector, and London-based analyst Rheza Khan says while South Africa’s minerals will always be in demand, smaller mining companies suffer the most when there are negative investor sentiments.

Nikisi Lesufi, Senior Executive for Health and Environment at the Chamber of Mines, says issues such as acid mine drainage should be seen in context.

The one aspect of mining that has registered massive success in the past 20 years is that of safety and security, as Sietse van der Woude, head of safety and sustainable development at the chamber of mines explains.

Motsamai Motlhamme, the Deputy Head for Industrial Relations and Community Development at the Chamber of Mines says that while wages were at the heart of the recent unprecedented platinum strike, workers and communities’ living conditions are an important role-player in general social disenfranchisement.

The labour issue has been very contentious for South Africa. The Chamber of mines’ senior executive for industrial relations, Dr Elize Strydom, says the protracted strike in the platinum sector placed all of this in the spotlight.

Bishop Jo Seoka says it has been a trying time for both the producer and workers

Mayor says everybody is an expert while nobody knows anything about mines. He says they all want to be in control

Minister Ramthlodi says he had to analyse what was wrong when he took office. Harvey says it will take an enormous amount of time for mine workers to regain the losses they have incurred in the last five months.

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC News website (www.sabcnews.com).