source: Star (South Africa); GroundUp
actor1: Protesters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Pretoria
notes: On 31 January 2020, about 300 residents from mining communities, supported by MACUA, demonstrated outside the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in Pretoria. The demonstration was over the planned implementation of two bills related to the mining sector. The demonstrators accused the department of not involving them in the process. [size=about 300]