South Africa: SA Government's Bald Mining Lie Exposed

The SA Ministry of Minerals and Energy has contemptuously fobbed off requests to justify a claim that less than 1% of mining ventures in the country are "black" owned. Communicating through journalist cum spin doctor David Barritt, Departmental officials told Miningweb to do its "own calculations".

A June 23 statement by the Minister, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, prepared by the Harry Potter quoting Barritt, stated: "Locally, black people own less than 1% of mining ventures and they want this to change."

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