The Democratic Alliance calls on the Minister for Mineral Resources to
keep his promises to the Maremane Communal Property Association. We
also call on the Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform to
appoint a facilitator to help the Maremane CPA to comply with all
aspects of the Communal Property Association Act.

The Maremane CPA has approached the Minister for Mineral Resources in
March to request assistance with a company that has been mining on
land owned by the CPA since 2007. The minister has promised to set up
a committee to investigate the complaints. Nothing seems to have
happened since.

The Maremane CPA suspects that collusion between the company and the
department of Mineral Resources is the reason for the minister’s
failure to take their complaints to heart.

It is clear that the Maremane CPA requires assistance from the
department of Rural Development and Land Reform to operate to the
benefit of the community. The term of the executive committee has
expired and a new executive committee needs to be re-elected. Due to
ongoing struggles between the executive committee members, no annual
general meetings have been held for the past three years.

We will be driving this issue on behalf of the community. We have
escalated the issue to our national counterparts and we will be
monitoring any further developments in this matter.

 

Issued by DA