Tensions between the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) and South Africa’s minister of mineral resources, Gwede Mantashe, escalated once again on Tuesday after Mantashe announced that he would be making a third attempt to visit the volatile Xolobeni community in the Eastern Cape next week. This comes after Mantashe sent a letter to ACC lawyers on 20 December inviting "stakeholders" to discuss "economic development" in Xolobeni on 16 January.
