EDITORIAL: It’s time for the pendulum to swing in mining
For way too long mining communities and mineworkers have had their fate decided by other vested interests
08 July 2020 - 05:00
It’s almost impossible to discern what moral high ground the Minerals Council SA thought it was occupying in arguing against communities, labour and entrepreneurs joining its case against parts of the 2018 Mining Charter.
Strategically, the council’s opposition to the 12 parties to whom the high court in Pretoria granted the right to join the case, is understandable. The parties are not its allies and are closer ideologically to the department of mineral resources & energy...
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