Mining companies, aspiring miners and investors are trying to work out what Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu was driving at in her address to the Mining Indaba MINING companies, aspiring miners and investors in general are trying to work out what Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu was driving at in her address to the Mining Indaba on Tuesday. But not in doubt was that she had come up with at least one gem of an expression. She noted that, in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, South Africa had introduced a "global trailblazer notion".This trailblazer notion was the "social licence to operate through social and labour plans as well as the Mining Charter". What exactly this means is not clear, but Shabangu is the first Cabinet minister The Insider knows to have coined a new expression this year.Earlier in her speech, referring to Nelson Mandela, she said South Africa must construct "a people-centred society of freedom", adding: "We owe Madiba and his g...
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