Community members of Upington questioned the mining license application. This after mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe says his department is working hard to deal with the backlog of mining licence applications. He was speaking at the 30th edition of the mining Indaba in Cape Town. Mantashe says their new licencing system will also require more time before it comes online due to the migration of existing data from the old to the new system. Members of the community say the following . . . “Insert” (GWEDE COMMUNITY)

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