29 April 2014
The Democratic Alliance is calling on the Minister of Mineral Resources Susan
Shabangu to answer about her department’s double dealing with regard to
manganese mining rights in the Northern Cape.
DA MP of Mineral Resources James Lorimer
said this follows the department’s inability or unwillingness to resolve
disputed claims, resulting from the department’s own actions.
Lorimer said the problem that is going on
with South Africa’s mining industry at the moment is Government is not laying
out a clear path as to how mining can work.
Lorimer said this has been made worse by
the fact that Mineral rights have excessively been given over to two different
companies over the same piece of land.
“It’s made worse by this that one company
is a state owned company.This might have disastrous effects in terms
of chasing away investments which means chasing away jobs from South Africa.
That is the great threat facing South Africa’s mining industry Lorimer added.
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