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Open letter to the DMRE and the Portfolio Committee on Minerals and Energy on their exclusion of communities as core stakeholders in engagements post-Mining Charter judgment
Community participation in post-Mining Charter Law Reform As community networks, communities, civil society organisations and progressive organised labour we demand the immediate inclusion of mining communities as core stakeholders in all law, policy and...
RE: Kraalhoek Community left with no choice but to embark on rolling protests as DMRE fails to uphold the law
The community of Kraalhoek, which is situated in Moses Kotane Local Municipality, in the North West Province have embarked on a rolling protest against mining company whose activities affect their community. Kalaka Mining started operating in Kraalhoek village in 1986...
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[Vacancy] Paralegal Field Worker
Paralegal Field Worker Vacancy MACUA WAMUA Advice Office (MWAO) is a non-profit, civil society organisation working with mining affected communities across South Africa. Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action...
NEWSLETTER – APRIL QUARTERLY ISSUE:
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[Vacancy] Project Officer
Climate Justice National Project Officer MACUA WAMUA Advice Office (MWAO) is a non-profit, civil society organisation working with mining affected communities across South Africa. Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United...
MACUA and WAMUA condemns Minister Mantashe’s attempt to label mining affected communities as greedy.
On Sunday, 06 March 2022, Minster Mantashe addressed the media soon after he had met with traditional leaders in the Eastern Cape as part of his latest roadshow to shore up support for big Capital’s ( and the ANC’s) mining interests. During his briefing to the...
Gift Radebe Interview
Gift Radebe MACUA Ekurhuleni Branch Coordinator being interviewed after Gugu Baker was refused assistance at their local clinic during her labour pains and she was told to return home were she eventually give birth to a still born Listen Below: [video...
RE: MACUA and WAMUA express concern about the lack of oversight over Social and Labour Plans provided by the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy
The continuing systemic marginalisation and exclusion of mining affected communities who are directly impacted by mining activities from meaningfully participating in the sector has persistently contributed to the growing inequality in the country. This reality is not...
RE: STEELPOORT COMMUNITY LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO EMBARK ON PROTEST ACTION AS SURROUNDING MINES DO NOT EMPLOY LOCALLY
The Steelpoort community in the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality in Limpopo has embarked on protest action against mining houses in the area, that have blatantly ignored the concerns of communities who bear the impact of their operations. As a result of rampant...
[Vacancy] Paralegal Intern
MACUA WAMUA Advice Office (MWAO) is a non-profit, civil society organisation working with mining affected communities across South Africa. Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (WAMUA) branches which are...
NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER ISSUE: Volume 1, Issue 04
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RE: MACUA and WAMUA Calls for National Day of Action on 22 October 2021
Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (WAMUA) has called for a National Day of Action to Demand the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) to be included in legislation governing the Mining Sector....
NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Volume 1, Issue 03
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RE: Mining Affected Communities are once again the Big Losers after Pretoria North High Court sets aside Mining Charter
The National Coordinator of MACUA, Meshack Mbangula, and the National Convenor of WAMUA, Nester Ndebele, has lamented the recent judgement handed down in the Pretoria North High Court which has far reaching consequences for the sector and which further protects greedy...
NEWSLETTER – AUGUST ISSUE: Volume 1, Issue 02
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[Vacancy] Project Manager
MACUA WAMUA Advice Office (MWAO) is a non-profit, civil society organisation working to support the movements of Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (WAMUA). MACUA and WAMUA branches conduct a range of...
RE: MACUA and WAMUA call on Anglo Platinum and the South African Government to tell South Africans the truth about their looting of the Nations mineral resources.
Anglo Platinum today announced yet another round of mega profits which will be flighted out of the country to feed the greed of foreign based shareholders, while those who host the mines stare more marginalisation and poverty in the face. In their unashamed boast,...
NEWSLETTER – AUGUST ISSUE: Volume 1, Issue 11
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[Public Plea] Call on our members and communities to resist the temptation to join the looting and criminality which has been unleashed on the country
RE: Call on our members and communities to resist the temptation to join the looting and criminality which has been unleashed on the country Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (WAMUA), as grassroots...
[VACANCY] Research Data Capturing vacancy at MACUA & WAMUA Advice Office
The MACUA-WAMUA Advice Office (MWAO) is seeking to add data capturers to its database to assist with capturing data collected from social audits undertaken in mining affected communities around the country. MWAO is a non-profit, civil society organisation working with...