Friday’s gains lift the benchmark’s gains this week to 1%, leaving it 1.3% lower for the year.

Foreigners were net buyers of South African stocks Tuesday.

Higher platinum prices bolstering local producers.

MTN surged after the mobile carrier gave an upbeat assessment of first-half performance.

Banks are weaker before a central interest rates decision later Thursday.

Investors back mine deals in Zimbabwe as prices surge.

Miner returned to 85% of capacity by mid-June.

Workers from neighbouring nations provide critical skills to SA's gold and platinum mines.

Companies lobby government to allow more production.

Impala Platinum said on Saturday it had detected 19 positive cases of the Covid-19 disease at its Marula operation in northern Limpopo province, and that it would close the plant until it had taken necessary health measures. “Implats has identified 19 positive cases during the week, all of them asymptomatic. Of these cases, 14 were

The country's labour-intensive mines need to be at a minimum of 75% to 80% of capacity to be viable, says Sibanye head.

Johan Theron – groephoof korporatiewe betrekkinge, Impala Platinum

Nearly half a million miners will need to be screened for coronavirus before resuming work.

Keeping six months’ stock of essential supplies, considered wasteful a year ago, now seems like a good idea.

Mines are being forced to declare force majeure, as production winds down due to the lockdown.