Mantashe's 'nightmare': Unease already brewing over new mineral rights system
Auditors have raised concerns over the procurement process for a cadastral system, while critics say the tender design is deeply flawed.
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Auditors have raised concerns over the procurement process for a cadastral system, while critics say the tender design is deeply flawed.
The fallout over the prolonged strike at Sibanye-Stillwater is intensifying, with the company threatening legal action should minister Gwede Mantashe see through a threat to cancel its mining rights.
This is what it looks like when unregulated, illegal mining meets governance failure – a fire in a coal mine that has been burning for weeks, leaving nearby communities choking in the fumes. Perhaps most worryingly, nobody knows the extent to which fires may be burning underground.
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Thabo Mokoena, the director-general of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), is stepping down after the end of his five-year term, which was marked by decline, incoherence and collapse. One can only hope that his replacement can stem the rot.