Government urged to decline Trans Hex ocean mining bid
A Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, Patrick Bond, says that the double application to prospect and mine for diamonds and heavy minerals in concessions along 80km of the West Coast goes against fundamental national wealth strategies, and provides insufficient proof that the non-renewable resources it will extract will be properly compensated for as mandated in the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) and the Gaborone Declaration of 2012.