DA against new mining bill
Loyiso Langeni
24 October 2013
DA MP of Mineral Resources James Lorimer
said the mining bill will formalize bribery.
The Department of Mineral Resources
has today said it will be going ahead with the Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Development Amendment Bill despite strong opposition, with the Democratic
Alliance saying if the bill is passed into law thousands of jobs will be
lost.
“What we think as one of the worst aspects
to the bill is that very little is going to be put down in legislation instead
its going to be left with regulation.
Regulation means the minister and
her officials will make things up as they go along and they can change the
actual notice and this is exactly what we do not need because even the National
Development Plan has said mining investments need certainty before they will
put their money in South Africa.” Lorimer added.
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