Krugersdorp unrest exposes ANC as opportunists with no governing plan for collapsed mining towns, says David van Wyk.
“We believe this gives an opportunity for all of us to support and call for the Expropriation Without Compensation for the good of the public. Secondly, we also believe that border management is quite important so that we deal with illegal movement of people.
“I also believe that the minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe could have gone to speak with the community members,” he said. The Act also mandates the department to manage mines that were abandoned prior to 2002, considered derelict and ownerless, and that management includes rehabilitation.The Audit in question highlighted the negative effect on the environment and health and safety mines have in communities.
A follow-up audit found that over the past 12 years , the rehabilitation of the mines has only increased from 1,67 mines to 2,25 mines in 2021, showing the department of mineral resources’ failure in holding mining houses to account. The audit identified four “key contributors” to the failure of government to ensure that progress in mine rehabilitation doesn’t take place.It was found that despite the requirement that the department review and update its“Its implementation plan was also not costed or approved, and did not include all the key components of the approved national strategy” as reported in the audit findings and recommendations of the AG’s report.
Government only implemented a much-needed stakeholder engagement framework with affected communities in 21 June 2019, in response to enduring community unrest. Due to this non-implementation, and the lack of solutions for unsuccessful community engagement, some asbestos rehabilitation programmes were put on hold for extended periods.
Mines pose a danger to surrounding communities in more ways than one, and zama zamas shouldn’t be nearby residents’ only concerns.
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