Mantashe, the Mining Charter, and the power of balance: Part 2
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Mantashe’s Mining Charter redraft, published June 15, is not without its problems. Far from it.
While the draft charter was “…...
Mantashe, the Mining Charter, and the power of balance: Part 1
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