OPINION| Why won’t parliament and Gwede Mantashe listen to mining communities? - The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining
Exclusion, inequality and poverty remain the cornerstones of the South African reality, although this is not the reality of parliamentarians, government ministers and the gravy trains they haul behind them.was highly dysfunctional. It served the interests of a small white population and excluded the black majority from its benefits.
It soon became evident that the new mining legislative regime was moulded in the spirit of the elite compact that advanced the interests of the minority while subjugating the majority of those affected by mining to deeper and more institutionalised forms of exclusion and impoverishment. • The department of minerals and energy should clearly state what its criteria are for meeting the required standard of “consultation” by the applicant mining company with the affected community. This will further empower the affected mining community to assert their rights during the process as opposed to objecting to a process after the fact.
These guidelines or standards must adhere to the principle of free prior and informed consent and provide for the inclusion of diverse representation, democratic elections, set roles and responsibilities, financial oversight mechanisms and clear reporting and transparency obligations and be capable of enforcement.
More than a year later, the chairperson refuses to respond to letters and refuses to consult mining-affected communities on these critical elements of exclusion on impoverishment.
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