Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe will once again engage with the Xolobeni community on Wednesday to try to find suitable solutions to an impasse over the awarding of mining rights in the Xolobeni area of the Eastern Cape.
Following the Minister’s last meeting with the Amadiba Crisis Committee in November, the committee said Mantashe was no longer welcome in the community after the Minister had requested leave to appeal a court judgment confirming the community’s right to say no to mining in their area.