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Christopher Rutledge
Christopher Rutledge is the executive director of Macua/Wamua AO, a no-profit, civil society organisation working with mining-affected communities.
The Human Rights Commission is not fulfilling its mandate
Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses
Mantashe stifling our democracy by ignoring court judgments
The minister of mineral and petroleum resources refuses to accept his constitutional obligation to meet communities affected by mining.
Conferences such as COP27 are nothing more than elite junkets
Government- and corporate-driven summits to address the actions of climate-destroying extractive industries promote inequality
OPINION| Why won’t parliament and Gwede Mantashe listen to mining communities?
The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining