by Macua Team | Sep 1, 2019 | Artisanal Mining, Campaigns & Projects
SUMMARY OF THE CAMPAIGN Following a dialogue among mining affected communities, hosted by, Foundation for Human Rights(FHR), ActionAid South Africa (AASA), the International Alliance on Natural Resources in Africa (IANRA), representing communities in 8 provinces...
by Macua Team | Sep 1, 2019 | Artisanal Mining, Campaigns & Projects
The Human Rights Day can no longer be celebrated blind to the realities facing our communities. Epidemic poverty and unemployment levels are driving our people into old mine shafts to scavenge for the very “gold” of survival. This day cannot be celebrated while the...
by Macua Team | Sep 1, 2019 | Artisanal Mining, Campaigns & Projects
The primary objectives of the Minerals Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA), which governs the mining Industry, are to: Promote equitable access to the nations mineral and petroleum resources. Substantially and meaningfully expand opportunities for Historically...
by Macua Team | Sep 1, 2019 | Artisanal Mining, Campaigns & Projects
Depending on where one draws the statistics from and how one reads those statistics, there are between 5 and 20 million (5.6 million unemployed and 15.4 million not economically active)people of working age (15–64 years) who are unemployed in South Africa out of a...
by Macua Team | Sep 1, 2019 | Artisanal Mining, Campaigns & Projects
In the mining industry, a distinction exists between large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Artisanal mining usually refers to purely manual mining conducted on a very small-scale, whereas small-scale mining is generally more mechanized...
by Macua Team | Sep 1, 2019 | Artisanal Mining, Campaigns & Projects
ActionAid South Africa (AASA) and Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) hosted a historic conference under the banner, Artisanal miners are not criminals, which brought together Zama-Zama/Artisanal miners from around the country, members of MACUA, Women...
