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from being granted a licence.

“I am appalled at how police have fabricated charges against me. I am concerned about violence in the area. We want the minister to engage us in a more structured way,” he said.

Mantashe has distanced himself from reports by the Australian company that government is sympathetic to its mine

The department said it “cannot infer why the company would indicate as such in its investor reports”. It confirmed Mantashe had met MRC in Australia, “to promote investment in South Africa’s mining sector”. –

Picture: AFP A Nepali dancer performs ‘Lakhe’ dance, which symbolises unity, during the fifth day of the ‘Indra Jatra’ festival in Kathmandu.