Let’s talk, Zweli Mkhize tells miners — while Sipho Pityana says what he really thinks of Zwane
The ANC is aware of the mining industry’s reservations about Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, but it wants both sides to talk to resolve the impasse around the Mining Charter and other issues dogging relations, says the party’s treasurer-general, Zweli Mkhize. The sentiment of the majority of miners towards Zwane was summed up by Sipho Pityana, the outspoken chairman of AngloGold Ashanti, who backed the hard line taken by the Chamber of Mines towards Zwane, saying it no longer had confidence in him and was taking him to court to settle the dispute around the now-suspended third iteration of the charter. Pityana said: "The president has appointed a crook and a joker. Zwane is not committed to the industry. All he wants to do is loot, steal and undermine the industry. I fully endorse that the chamber stays away from that crook." Pityana has previously torn into President Jacob Zuma, calling him corrupt and demanding he be prosecuted. Zwane has been closely linked to the Gup...
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