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Old 14th February 2007 | 17:27
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Flying Lawyer
 
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I just wonder who paid for it
I assume they did.

The Bafokeng kingdom is a mineral-rich area in the North West Province about half-way between Jo'berg and the Botswana border. (Not far from the naff Sun City which some Brits seem to like so much.)
It has significant chrome reserves and the world's second-largest platinum deposits.
In or about 2000, they won a 10-year legal battle for royalty payments from a platinum mining company which amounted to about R827million in 2002 and also have a substantial shareholding in SA Chrome and Alloys. The Bafokeng have used the income from mining to build schools, roads, clinics and other social infrastructure such as a major sports complex.


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