South Africa: Mafia State – Richards Bay Minerals Pushes Back, but the War Is Far From Over

[Daily Maverick] Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) pays annual taxes of R1-billion and estimates its economic impact at R8-billion a year, with R1.5-billion going to local businesses in 2021. This huge pot of cash exercises an extraordinary pull on good and bad actors in the surrounding community - as well as their political and criminal overlords - creating a 'resource curse' that has already claimed at least 18 lives. The company has been at the forefront of tackling violence entrepreneurs and organised crime, but the cost is

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