A report released by the Mining Affected Communities United in Action MACUA has found that Parliaments mining portfolio committee and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources DMPR have failed to hold mining companies accountable for failing to keep promises made to mining communities .
The report titled Looted Promises: The Crumbs Economy of Mining, which is the result of a three-year study, also found that the 11 mining companies audited around the country have failed to implement employment and developmental projects promised to surrounding mining communities.
MACUAs Executive Director, Christopher Rutledge says, These crumbs that were talking about amount to less than 0.1 percent of the profits that are generated by these 11 companies. But out of those crumbs, 80 percent of those crumbs are stolen, or looted, or misdirected, and were saying that is a serious problem because we have an unemployment problem in South Africa we have a developmental problem in South Africa. So, the funds that are dedicated to developing poor, marginalised communities are being looted and weve told the Department of Mineral Resources, weve told Parliament, weve told the Hawks, and the state just does not seem to be interested in dealing with mining companies.