Xolobeni youth distances itself from Mantashe ban, wants Minister to visit the village

Xolobeni youths have distanced themselves from the Amadiba Crisis Committee’s (ACC’s) announcement that mineral resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, was not welcome at the volatile Eastern Cape village.  On Tuesday the ACC reiterated that Mantashe was not welcome in Xolobeni after the minister announced that he would be making a third attempt to visit the community in the Eastern Cape next week Wednesday.