Mineral Act is a ‘hell of a disadvantage’ for the poor, says Motlanthe
The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act is a "hell of a disadvantage for poor communities"‚ a factor exacerbated "if you have a captured state". This is according to former president Kgalema Motlanthe, who chairs a high level panel set up to study SA’s legislation. Motlanthe was speaking at the Public Interest Law Gathering‚ at the University of the Western Cape. He heads a panel of 17 people tasked by Parliament to investigate current legislation and how it impacts South Africans, particularly as it impacts on the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and job creation‚ as well as the equitable redistribution of wealth‚ land reform and restitution, nation building and social cohesion.
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