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Peace in Xolobeni at least for the next 18 months

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has declared an 18-month moratorium on mining in Xolobeni, on the Eastern Cape Wild Coast.

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Community celebrates as iron mine plan shelved

Ululation, songs and slogans set the tone at Makhasaneni near Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday when scores of community members gathered to celebrate the decision by Indian company Jindal Africa to shelve an application to mine their land.

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Minister gives priority to mines over communities

Communities that oppose mining on their land have failed to understand the benefits it brings, Mineral and Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said this week, three weeks after a prominent opponent of dune mining, Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe, was murdered in the Eastern Cape.

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