CIVIL SOCIETY
Community calls for suspension of Lonmin operations
Lonmin plc should have its operations suspended in SA after years of failing to comply with its social and labour commitments, says the community living around its mines. The Bapo Ba Mogale and the Mining Forum of SA, a civil society group, wrote to President Jacob Zuma and the Department of Mineral Resources to request the suspension, they said on Wednesday. Lonmin CEO Ben Magara met with the department last week and had been given an "ultimatum" by director-general Thabo Mokoena to return to compliance, the groups said. Lonmin was found to have breached elements of the social and labour plan, which is required by law, earlier this year, a person familiar with the matter said in September. Lonmin would probably publish a statement later on Wednesday, said spokeswoman Wendy Tlou. The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "Lonmin has circumvented compliance wilfully and purposefully, a practice they have mastered for years with intent to secure interests of...
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