Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) and Women Affected by Mining United in Action (WAMUA) has called for a National Day of Action to Demand the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) to be included in legislation governing the Mining Sector. The call for the Minerals Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) to be amended to include FPIC principles to protect communities, comes after the Pretoria North High Court set aside governments Mining Charter as an instrument that can be used to hold mining companies to account for their lack of transformation in the sector.

 

Full Statement Attached

 

Issued by Meshack Mbangula, National Coordinator of MACUA