March of community activists and NGO workers on the last day of the Alternative Mining Indaba to Cape Town International Convention Centre where the Africa Mining Indaba is organised, to present a memorandum with lists of demands. Picture by Verena Glass, 2018, courtesy of Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Sao Paolo Office. All rights reserved.
“Our land is not for sale. Your mining is not development. It is a destruction of our land.”
Employment and income generated by industrial mining activities are fields of tensions. Mining companies, government representatives or so-called development agencies argue with employment opportunities; surrounding communities are often disrupted and opponents criticise low numbers of new work possibilities. Case studies from South Africa and Tunisia reflect the issue and illustrate the role of community organizing.
