Royal family faction blamed for delay in R15bn KZN iron ore mine
Though some support the mine, residents and the farming community say the mine will deplete their source of water and taint their crops
24 July 2023 - 21:10
Division in a local royal family has been revealed as the main reason behind a stalled 21,000ha project which will uproot more than 300 families, exhume ancestral graves and endanger millions of rand worth of fruit farms in northern KwaZulu-Natal. ..
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