The Pilanesberg Platinum Mine (PPM) on June 11 announced that it had reached an agreement with the Lesetlheng community, enabling it to start mining on the Wilgespruit farm, in Gauteng, within the next few months.
With its mining rights in place, PPM in 2014 brought an application to evict certain members of the community that did not accept resettlement as contemplated in a mine plan.