When the Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine was abruptly liquidated eight years ago, everything changed for Pule Molefe. Overnight, operations stopped, thousands of people lost their jobs and environmental mitigation and management measures ground to a halt.
The draft strategy envisions transforming land damaged byinto agricultural projects, tourism enterprises and the self-generation of energy by mining companies. Non-mining use of mining lands for economic programmes must be planned as an integral element of a mine’s life cycle.The draft reads: “Given the current crisis on energy supply, self-generation of energy by mining companies is a critically important aspect of a post-mining economy.
She says that closure strategies should prioritise land uses that support livelihoods and access to land and land reform as a political and economic imperative. “The key problem area is surface water contamination, suspected groundwater contamination on a regional scale,” says the draft. The document details how temporary closure, or care and maintenance, can be “cynically used” as a loophole for avoiding expensive closure programmes. “The endemic invasion of derelict and abandoned mines byWith no controls in place, the village’s population swelled and illegal mining operations started because people are desperate for an income.
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