Mining Affected Communities United in Action
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MACUA is a community-based, united front of mining-affected communities in South Africa with branches across the country. Nothing About Us Without Us!
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined August 2019
This MandelaDay, WAMUA branches in Khutsong, Nyakallong, Thabong and Bekkersdal drove real change by cleaning up our communities, donating toiletries & food, and serving breakfast & lunch to 200+ orphans alongside the department of Health, Ikamvalethu, Department of Safety, The
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To honour Mandela Day, the MACUA Lethabong Branch rolled up their sleeves and cleaned up our local dumping site for their 67 minutes campaign, turning action into impact.
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This Mandela Day, the MACUA Hani Park Branch spent their 67 minutes with Hani Park Clinic and Thusanang Elderly Centre, donating toiletries and food parcels for children.
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MACUA Responds to Minister Mchunu: The Irony of Selective Justice. While Minister Mchunu warns against being "accuser, investigator, prosecutor and judge," we remind him of the Stilfontein tragedy, where poor artisanal miners were starved and lost their lives at the hands of the
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MACUA stands with SERI and all defenders of the marginalised. We reject Operation Dudula’s targeting of poor working-class people, while the real looters of our healthcare system and public institutions remain untouched and unbothered. This is not justice. It's scapegoating. We
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WAMUA Khutsong, in collaboration with YAMUA, marked. Mandela Day by giving back to the community in meaningful ways. From distributing clothes to women and children, to cleaning homes for people living with disabilities, and offering warm meals. Our actions, no matter how
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This week, MACUA and WAMUA brought the conversation to Khutsong, unpacking the MPRDA Amendment Bill and what it really means for mining-affected communities. The community raised concerns about the Bill giving more power to the minister while erasing the rights and voices of
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It's YAMUA Friday 📷.Every week, we amplify young voices from YAMUA. This week, we hear from Nthabiseng Mahlumba from the Meloding Branch in the Free State. #YAMUAFridays
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📢 The MACUA Meloding Branch will be lending a helping hand to a community member in need today✊. How are you spending your 67 minutes of Mandela Day? . #MACUAWAMUA.#67minutes
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MACUA-WAMUA Nyakallong branch alongside Warrent Sedi, Constable Mokati and the National Youth development Agency (NYDA), in commemoration of Mandela Day embarked on a 67 minutes fun walk from the old age home and walked around Allanridge Primary School. "My humanity is bound up
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The MPRDA Amendment Bill Workshop was held in the Ekurhuleni branch today✊. From these workshops, we aim to strengthen grassroots advocacy by equipping our communities with the knowledge needed to hold government and mining companies accountable. Ultimately, the workshops are
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You're invited✊. Join us for 67 minutes of solidarity in commemoration of Mandela Day. This Mandela Day, WAMUA & YAMUA Khutsong Branch invites you to our Pick a Bag Outreach Program which is dedicated to cleaning and supporting two households (elderly and disabled) in the
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The MPRDA Workshops this week continue in Blyvoor and Bekkersdaal. These workshops are aimed at educating, empowering and mobilising mining-affected communities by breaking down the act and its proposed amendments. Our Paralegal team aims to raise awareness about community rights
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Follow us on Tik Tok ✊🏿 and do not forget to listen to the newly released podcast by Climate Justice Coalition:
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Welcome to Just Us and the Climate – a podcast by South Africa’s Climate Justice Coalition. Join us as we bring climate change back down to earth and show how it’s not only a crisis, but an opportu...
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The MACUA MNS Klarinet Branch in Mpumalanga held their MPRDA Amendment Bill Workshop conducted by the Paralegal team and the National Executive Committee. These workshops are critical spaces for communities to understand how the law impacts them and where it fails to protect
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It's the day of the launch ✊. The Phalaborwa Branch Social Audit Case Study Report Launch is currently underway. This case study exposes how mining host communities continue to face exclusion, broken promises, and harmful mining practices. From unfulfilled Social and Labour
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Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.
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Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.
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MACUA’s Phola and Khutsong Branches recently hosted MPRDA Amendment Bill workshops to unpack the purpose of the Act, recent changes, and key concepts like Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM), Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), Social and Labour Plans (SLPs), and
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We are launching tomorrow✊. See you there!!.
It's the last day to RSVP to attend the Phalaborwa Social Audit Report next week. Join us and hear the untold lived experiences of how mining companies exploit communities and make millions in profits while there is no beneficiation for communities. We will not keep quiet ✊
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