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TMG Digital/Sowetan reports that panellists at a SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) investigation of the socioeconomic challenges faced by mining-affected communities said that the burning issues affecting people living in mining areas have been simmering for years and discontent was growing.
On Tuesday‚ national hearings into the matter began at the SAHRC’s head office in Johannesburg. External panellist Tracy-Lynn Humby said the issues were “becoming intense." Panellists said there was a growing discontent among miners‚ trade unions and mining communities over low wages and poor living conditions‚ and this had sparked a wave of strikes and protests across the sector over the past few years. The commission noted that it had received numerous complaints about the negative consequences of mining in Mpumalanga‚ KwaZulu-Natal‚ Limpopo and Gauteng. Once the hearings have been concluded‚ a report will be sent to Parliament.
- Read this report by Sibongile Mashaba in full at BDLive
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