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.

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.

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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)

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