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06 January 2020
BizCommunity
Mining remains one of the major contributors to the South African economy. In 2019, the mining industry saw a number of exciting developments. More interesting developments lie ahead...
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13 December 2019
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Law firm Webber Wentzel this week set out some of the most notable aspects of the draft amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) Regulations, following its publication by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe last month. In a report compiled by the firm’s Jonathan Veeran, Rita Spalding, Bruce Dickinson and Manus Booysen, Webber Wentzel outlines that the draft amendments envisage various amendments to the MPRDA regulations.
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06 December 2019
Mail & Guardian
The state is fixing mines deserted before a 2002 Act, but another law could force owners to pay up
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05 December 2019
Daily Maverick
Limpopo’s unlicensed artisanal miners brave police raids and falling rocks to beat poverty as the government remains indecisive about the issuing of permits.
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05 December 2019
Engineering news
The public has been given until January 31, 2020, to submit comments on the draft amendments to the Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) and the draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) on Thursday said the drafts had been gazetted for public comment.
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15 November 2019
Daily Maverick
The new Integrated Resource Plan commits our economy to coal for the foreseeable future — but the costs of this on South Africans are mounting. This article explores the devastating impact of a dying, immensely destructive industry on a KwaZulu-Natal rural community, and the determined battle being waged by Sabelo Dladla and others to have their rights acknowledged.
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20 November 2019
GroundUp
High Court judgment blocking proposed mining stands – but the saga isn’t over
Land rights and mining read moreThe Constitutional Court has had the final say on the approvals for a coal mine inside an Mpumalanga Protected Area and Strategic Water Source Area.
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14 November 2019
New Frame
Mining companies and some heritage consultants don’t understand the sacredness attached to ancestral remains and the meaning of land in African communities.
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13 November 2019
IOL
Prevailing conditions could collapse rural economies and decimate the country’s entire agricultural industry.
Land rights and mining read moreWhy is South Africa’s renewable energy sector so politically outgunned? The answer begins a decade ago, in a $35bn wind and solar initiative proposed by our government at COP16... it ends where we expect it to end, in the kickass power of the coal lobby... https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-16-renewables-vs-coal-timeline-of-a-fatally-rigged-fight/
Perspectives on the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Act: A (giant) step backwards for human rights in SA https://www.newframe.com/a-step-backwards-for-human-rights-in-sa/
There is a need to balance the manner in which land is acquired and used. The debate on #landexpropriation without compensation has somewhat reduced the land reform question to one of acquisition.
SA - The land bill is a curate’s egg and, right now, it’s a bit scrambled - by Simon Hull https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-01-16-the-land-bill-is-a-curates-egg-and-right-now-its-a-bit-scrambled/
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