by Admin | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog, Press
On Tuesday 08 December 2020, members of MACUA and members of the Mononono Community in the Northwest Province gathered at the site where Ikwezi has been prospecting since 2012 without any community consent or consultation. In 2019 Ikwezi started a process of Bulk...
by Admin | Nov 26, 2020 | 100 000 signature campaign, Press
MACUA and WAMUA will embark on a Caravan Tour which stretches from Venda in the North to Cape Town in the South, as a symbol of the far-reaching impacts of Mining on the country, the environment and its people. The Roadshow will visit key mining sites of conflict...
by Admin | Nov 24, 2020 | Press
Women bear the brunt of the effects of mining activities on or near their land – a suffering made worse by state disdain for, and abandonment of, poor women in South Africa. Women are the least likely to be employed in mining operations, they carry the costs of care...
by Admin | Nov 6, 2020 | Press
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT | 20 OCTOBER 2020 AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS PUSH FOR A LEGALLY BINDING TREATY ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS In June 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted resolution 26/9, by which it agreed to ...
by Admin | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog, Press
Smoke from a South32 mine blast in Phola on 21 October 2020 (Image: Themba Sibande) Sustainable mining? South32 leaving destruction in its wake as it attempts to clean up its image Millicent Shungube and Nicola Soekoe Last week, despite disruptions caused by...
