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Minister Zwane was at pains to point out to the Media and the National Assembly during the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Budget vote on Tuesday 19 April 2016, that despite the Minister having unilaterally released the Draft Reviewed Mining Charter (Mining Charter), that he was committed to “robust engagements with stakeholders”. As proof of this commitment the Minister met with the Chamber of Mines (CoM) on the same day that the Mining Charter was published on the 15 th April 2016 and met with the CoM again in a 2 day conference on the 26 th and 27 th of April.  The CoM told Miningmx that at a recent meeting between Zwane and Mike Teke, CoM president, it had been agreed that “… regular, in-depth engagement between the ministry and the industry should be pursued”. All indications are that the DMR and the Minister are feverishly involved in extensive negotiations with the CoM and mining corporates and recently AngloGold Ashanti CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishna...

Mapela agreement is reminiscent of worst forms of colonialism BY CHRISTOPHER RUTLEDGE    MAY 04 2016, 05:49 Kindle   A worker walks past a board outside Anglo American offices in Johannesburg. Picture: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SIBEKO Related articles Amplats premature to trumpet settlement with Mapela Minister not empowered to rewrite the Mining Charter LETTER: Agreement with mine is not ‘shady’ Charter fails mining communities In this article JSE-listed companies:  Anglo American Platinum IN A swift response to  my article  on BDlive in which I point to the shady manner in which Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) had reached an agreement with Kgoshi Kgabagare David Langa, the Kgoshi was at pains  to point out  that the consultations were held, in accordance with the customs and the traditions of the community. It would be useful then for the Kgoshi to advise the readers of t...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCsgMq9Z_jY Depending on where one draws the statistics from and how one reads those statistics, there are between 5 and 20 million people of working age (15–64 years)  who are unemployed in South Africa.  Just over 40% of people of working age are employed, leaving the vast majority of South Africans dependent on self-employment, state subsidies, hussle and crime to survive. Not only is this a recipe for disaster but it gets worse. According to the BusinessTech website, since 1994, South Africa`s working-age population has increased by 11 million. In the next 50 years, it will grow by another 9 million, peaking in 2065 at about 43.8 million. The next 20 years alone will see an average net increase in the working-age population of about 280,000 people per year.  As a share of the working-age population, United Nations (2013) projects that the peak of unemployment will occur in 2045, when it will reach 68.3%. It thus not a ...