Chamber of Mines is blocking blacks, argues Zwane
Mosebenzi Zwane files a late affidavit accusing the Chamber of Mines of undermining transformation in the mining and minerals industry
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane filed an answering affidavit on Monday, challenging the contentions made by the Chamber of Mines in its challenge to halt the third version of the Mining Charter and have it legally reviewed. Having missed a deadline on July 31 to file his affidavit and having been rebuked by Judge Ramarumo Monama last Friday for not filing an affidavit in another case, Zwane lodged his affidavit in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday, the department said in a statement. Zwane said he was out of the country the weekend ahead of July 31 along with key departmental figures and that the chamber’s affidavit needed a complex answer. "The answering affidavit deals decisively with a number of fallacies — pronounced as truth — by the applicant," the department said. "The answering affidavit demonstrates that every complaint of the applicant in respect of the Mining Charter is, in essence, an attempt to block effective and meaningful participation of black persons ...
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