DA leader says mining sector needs to re-do things done incorrectly
On Wednesday, DA leader Mmusi Maimane said that for the mining sector to progress‚ it had to go back and re-do things done incorrectly before."The reason SA is not the world’s mining capital is entirely our own doing. We chose to shut the door on new mining development decades ago through restrictive regulations‚ hostile labour practices and policy that can‚ at best‚ be described as discouraging‚" said Maimane.He said the country had been trapped in a wrong paradigm for so long that it was hard to imagine it getting out. "In this old paradigm‚ mining in SA is two things: first‚ it is a powerful tool of patronage that can transform connected comrades into billionaires at the stroke of a pen‚" said Maimane. "And second‚ it is a symbolic battleground for ownership of our country’s wealth and resources — a battle that continues to be driven along age-old lines of race."He said SA continued to fill and close mining shafts rather than open them. "Currently we only have about 22 active‚ co...
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