OUR BURNING PLANET: Mordor at the gates: The ploy to strip-mine Selati Game Reserve
In August 2020, out of the blue, the owners of the 28,000-hectare Selati Game Reserve received word that a company called Tiara Mining had plans to excavate a series of open-cast pits on their land. The mining application was at an advanced stage, it seemed, which was strange — no one from Tiara Mining had ever set foot on the conservancy. And so began a battle that would unearth a litany of contradictions....
Published By: dailymaverick - Wednesday, 7 April
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