Infographics
Over time, we have made use of infographics and notes and logs to make sense of things and placing into a context that may be simpler to digest. Each map has a different objective based on the date it was made and what triggered its design. Maps are available for download. Blog posts links will be added to each map to provide additional context or simply to analyze the implications of certain links.
30-year Blueprint Timeline
An interactive information graphic showing key shifts in South Africa and its parastatal businesses and some key banks.
30-years of SA Mining
An interactive information graphic showing key shifts in South Africa and its parastatal businesses and some key banks.
CRUCIAL BACKGROUND INFO - 2011-2025
conflict of interest
The liquidator of the debtor and the liquidator of the creditor came from one circle.
ANALYSING BUSINESSES INVOLVED - FRAUDULENT BUSINESS RESCUE/ LIQUIDATION
APSYSET case timeline
Follow the time line of some of the key events around APSYSET.
PEOPLE & Organisations INFOGRAPHICS
Disclaimer: These infographics are designed to help discern why we actually went through and are still going through what we're going through.
BALOYI
Banks, boards, trusts, state bodies, Black Business Council, Fidentia, ABSA.
RAMOS
From Treasury director-general to Transnet, ABSA and now the chair of Standard Chartered: the boards, banks, global councils and people around one of the most influential women in African finance.
13 years running the National Treasury, the National Development Plan, Rothschild and the Old Mutual chair, South Africa's longest-serving finance minister.
MANUEL
JORDAAN
2010 World Cup to four terms running SAFA: the football bodies, political offices, people, court cases and controversies
SEXWALE
From Robben Island to Gauteng's first premier, Mvelaphanda mining and the Absa empowerment deal...
Mining, finance, sport, philanthropy and politics, and how they connect. Tap a domain to open it, or search across every point.
MOTSEPE
RUPERT
Richemont, Remgro, Reinet and the wider network of brands, holdings and people around them. Tap a domain to open it, or search across every point.
RAMAPHOSA
From mineworkers' union and Shanduka boardrooms to the Union Buildings: the businesses, boards, family ties, people and inquiries around South Africa's president.
From Otis and SAA to Shell, BLSA and Busa, and now chair of Bidvest and ArcelorMittal South Africa: the boards, business lobbies, universities and people around Bonang Francis Mohale. Compiled from public reporting
MOHALE
Where The Maps Cross
Version 1.0
This graphic simply shows the links that appear in more than one map. A filled cell means the two people are tied by the same company, board, family or event.
mining Companies to watch, esp. the ones registered since 2011 and 2016
This is a summary of the top mining companies, with a focus on chrome and platinum. Some of these companies are engaged with many minerals. They are the top ones present in South Africa, even if some may be headquartered elsewhere (e.g.Australia, UK)
30 years
Explore the infographics looking back at the past 30 years in land laws, mining disputes and public company shifts.
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.
APSYSET NETWORK - WHERE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS CONNECT
I started designing this map as early as 2022. I wanted to be able to communicate the connections that, in actual fact, weren't vastly distant. Finding that there'd be a struggle to help people understand this, I had to map out that certain acquaintances, and what we assumed were friends, were linked to the very companies that have made their presence in Ireland a priority. Soon to be downloadable after revisions.
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
MINDMAP 2023
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