Mine Communities Challenge South African Ownership Rules and Taxes
- Mining-affected communities want input in drafting new rules
- Charter has been suspended until judgment made in review case
Mine Communities Challenge South African Ownership Rules, Taxes
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A group of South African mining communities will challenge the government’s Mining Charter and seek a court order to ensure they are involved in drafting any replacement.
About 150 community-based organizations and activists, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, will apply to join an existing case brought by mining companies against the charter, the legal group said in a statement. The companies, represented by the Chamber of Mines, are opposing the application because they say it will delay the process.