South Africa: Black SA in Show of Force On Mining Bill

Johannesburg — Weekend talks fail and mining houses split over approach to new legislation

A BROAD coalition of black business, trade unions and political parties has emerged in the final hours before controversial mining legislation is debated in the National Assembly, backing government in its fight over the new law with SA's big mining houses.

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