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TMG Digital reports that informal miners (zama zamas) in Kimberley have protested against mining company Ekapa‚ which the miners claim has been operating without a permit.
“It has come to our attention that Ekapa has been operating without relevant mining permit. When we mine the same land‚ we are arrested. Why?” the miners said in a statement released by rights group Action Aid. The statement indicated that miners had marched to the local office of the Hawks to lodge a complaint around a case that had not been investigated by law enforcement agencies. The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and informal miners plan to meet with the provincial government on Thursday. Mining company spokesperson Gert Klopper said it had recently acquired an eviction order against the illegal miners‚ which is being contested in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Klopper works for Petra Diamonds‚ which last year entered into a joint venture with Ekapa in Kimberley. He said it was untrue that the company was operating without a licence.
- Read this report in full at TimesLive
- See too, BLF joins miners' march in Kimberley, at Diamond Fields Advertiser
- And also, Zama zama land battle continues, at HTSyndication (The New Age)
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