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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...
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....
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,...
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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...
RE: Mononono Community left with no choice but to embark on rolling protests as DMRE fails to uphold the law
The community of Mononono in the North West, have last night embarked on a rolling protest in which they have vowed to occupy the area currently illegally occupied by Ikwezi Vanadium mine to highlight the ongoing dereliction of duty by the DMRE and the injustice of a...
MACUA Joins the Application to review the Mining Right issued irregularly to Tendele Coal Mining and condemns Tendele’s continued efforts to instigate violence in the community
MACUA has been informed that on 10 March 2021, Tendele Coal Mining advised the Honourable Ms. Justice Kubushi that it concedes the merits of the review application instituted by the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (“MCEJO”) in the Gauteng Division...
RE: MACUA & WAMUA Condemn State Violence against the marginalised and vulnerable.
The violent shooting in Braamfontein yesterday in which a Father of 3 was brutally killed at the hands of state sponsored violence against members of the public is yet another example of the type of violence faced by mining affected communities every day. The daily...