70 Activists from 12 Rustenburg Villages met as BUA MC in Rustenburg

Rustenburg BUA activists expressed concern that the Farlem comission was ignoring the true reasons for the Marikana Massacre. The opposed the moving of the Comission hearings to Pretoria.

They shared experiences across villages on their struggle against the mining corporations and traditional leaders. They talked about the proposed mining charter and they watched a documentary video on the global economic crisis and how it affected South Africa.

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RBPlat caught with their tongues out by Joseph Magobe

Two years after shooting to fame, an association of blind people in Chaneng village remains hopeless amidst millions of rand donations from the Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) and a North West provincial government department. ‘We started on 08 th June 2005. Every member was contributing R30-00 per month towards the development of the project including buying seedlings’, explained Tadidi Letupu; a blind granny seated at the corner of their full office. Production charts, trophies, certificates of achievements and attendance of workshops and trainings attract you to enter an office with cupboards and a shelf-less display stands. Around a flowery table cloth is four whitish cane chairs, ledger books and files of the daily and weekly sales of the tried and tested Chaneng Association for the Blind. In 2011, the RBPlat approached the Association for the Blind to upgrade their gardening project. The RBPlat’s 2002 Integrated Annual Report (IAR) highlights that, “The Ch...

Statement by Bua Mining Communities

Communities oppose relocation of Farlam Commission to Pretoria. Mining community members oppose the proposed relocation of the F arlam Commission from R ustenberg to Pretoria as it will reduce them to being merely spectators rather than giving them the opportunity to effectively participate in the process. As integral stakeholders in the Marikana massacre, the relocation would prevent many of them from attending as the costs involved would be unaffordable as the communities are poor and mainly live in informal and rural settlements. “While we understand the reasons behind the request to move the Commission to Pretoria by Advocate Dali Mpofu , we urge Judge Farlam to consider our request not to do so,” says Chris Molebatsi , from Marikana community and spokesperson for Bua Mining Communities . “It would put us in an extremely disadvantaged position and would alienate us completely.” Moleb...

NEVER MINED HEALTH EFFECTS REPORT

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