Infographics

Correllation: 30 Years of South African Land Laws, Mining Disputes and Public Company Shifts Amidst Persecution of a Family of Jehovah's Witnesses

This map shows the shifting seats of public and private entities' power, events affecting communities and the family in question who's company owns the mining rights. A dive into correllation of these timelines against the events that were happening simultaneously.

Relational Overlap Map

This is a different way we tried to look at the relationships that connected people and organizations. A look at how they could have possibly collided with our issues. Derived from Correllation: 30 Years of South African Land Laws, Mining Disputes and Public Company Shifts Amidst Persecution of a Family of Jehovah's Witnesses, using the same key.

The Sekhukhune District and Ongoing Exploitation

Sekhukhune sits atop part of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, one of the world’s richest mineral belts for chrome, platinum-group metals, vanadium, and more — attracting multinational mining firms for decades.

Despite mineral wealth, many local communities feel marginalised, with ongoing debates about rights, social and labour plan compliance, environmental impacts, and equitable benefit sharing.

Illegal mining (particularly of chrome) has been a persistent challenge through the 2010s and into the 2020s, prompting repeated police operations, arrests, and policy discussions about legalizing artisanal mining or strengthening licensing