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11 Jan 2017

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African News Agency (South Africa)

So. Africa: NGO says tensions running high over unfulfilled housing commitments by Lonmin in Marikana; says 1 person killed over a housing dispute

"Lonmin housing dispute at boiling point in Marikana", 13 Dec 2016

...The Bench Marks Foundation...warned that tensions in the Marikana community around the Lonmin platinum mine in Rustenburg were again running high over housing. The Bench Marks Foundation, an NGO that monitors the practices of multi-national corporations, said at least one activist had been killed over a housing dispute in recent days and another was fearing for his life...Lonmin on Monday said it was reviewing its housing plan in line with the recommendations of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, saying that it was confident that it would submit a compliant plan to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)...Bench Marks CEO John Capel said his organisation had, as long ago as 2013, revealed Lonmin's failure to build 5 500 houses promised for workers and had at the time called on the [Department of Mineral Resources] to revoke the mine's licence....

[See Benchmarks Foundation statement here].

 

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