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Mining Affected Communities United in Action Representative Christopher Rutledge has criticised current mining legislation for excluding mining communities MiningIndaba sabcnews via SABCNewsOnline

taking place in Cape Town.

Another issue is that of tensions between mining communities and companies over mining rights and inclusive participation. “Mining communities are allocated 0.9% of the total revenue that is generated in the sector. Of the 0.9%, 70% of that is going missing; communities cannot account for it…those in power have systematically through legislation, power influence and power broking, excluded the voice of communities and we are saying that is enough.

 

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