Ministers duck questions on mining of titanium in Amadiba sand dunes
GOVERNMENT ministers at a packed meeting in Xolobeni this week ducked questions on the controversial titanium mining project and on the violence that has wracked the Eastern Cape village for years.Residents had hoped for information on police investigations into the killing of activist Sikhosiphi "Bazooka" Rhadebe.But Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu‚ who addressed the meeting alongside Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant‚ did not mention Rhadebe’s death.A vocal opponent of a titanium mining project in the area‚ Rhadebe was murdered in March. He was the chair of the Amadiba Crisis Committee‚ which has been co-ordinating opposition to the mineral sands mine proposed by Australian company Mineral Commodities (MRC) and its South African partners.No arrests have been made.MRC has since decided to pull out of the project. Citing "ongoing violence and threats to the peace and harmony" of the community‚ MRC announced on Monday that it would sell its 56% interest in Tra...
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