In papers filed in the Polokwane high court in August, the Ditlou Mampa Traditional Authority and the Mampa Serole Community Trust, which own 1.67% shares in the mine, are asking the court to review and set aside the mining right and permit granted to S...
In papers filed in the Polokwane high court in August, the Ditlou Mampa Traditional Authority and the Mampa Serole Community Trust, which own 1.67% shares in the mine, are asking the court to review and set aside the mining right and permit granted to Sefateng Chrome Mine. on the farm Waterkop 113KT was granted in May 2014 for open-cast chrome mining. Community members said mining operations ceased last year and moves are now afoot to develop the operation into an underground mine.
The applicants want the court to compel the mining house “to provide all annual financial statements, reports by directors with respect to the state of affairs, the business, profit and or loss of the company within a period of seven days.” “The facts are, CMR is one of the shareholders in Sefateng Chrome Mine and is not involved in the day-to-day running of the project,” Gama said.
Various community members alleged that the trucks transporting the chrome from the mine did not follow regulations, such as going through a weighbridge to register the weight of the minerals they were carrying. “But one other thing that confuses us while we stand guard over our chrome is the presence of the police. We are wondering: What are they doing meddling in our issues? Because they were not there when this whole thing started,” said Mampa.
She said in 2017 the parties agreed that the community would receive 1% from every truckload of chrome being transported from the mine. She said there had been some irregular payments of between R5 000 and R20 000 each, but these stopped without any explanation in October last year. In solidarity, local business people donated food that the women cook in three-legged pots on wooden fires under the motlopi.
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