cer-letter-to-australian-high-commissioner-mrc-resources-4-april-2016-edd6dd9cd06b5b78.pdf

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) wrote a letter to the Australian High Commissioner to South Africa on 4 April 2016, requesting clarification regarding a $15,431.00 grant provided to 'MRC Resources' via the Australian Direct Aid Program between 2003/4 and 2013/14 for the 'upgrade of existing fresh water borehole'. The CER questions why a profit-making Australian company, Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC), or its subsidiaries would receive funding intended for poverty reduction and sustainable development, particularly given the social unrest and violence associated with MRC's mineral sands projects in South Africa.

• The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) identified a payment of $15,431.00 made to 'MRC Resources' for the 'upgrade of existing fresh water borehole' within a list of projects funded by the Australian Direct Aid Program in Africa between 2003/4 and 2013/14.
• The CER argues that the Australian Direct Aid Program, which is intended to support local community efforts toward poverty reduction and sustainable development, is not meant to fund profit-making companies, specifically Australian ones.
• Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC), an Australian listed company operating in South Africa through subsidiaries including MRC Resources (Pty) Ltd, is involved in two major mineral sands projects: 'Tormin mineral sands' and 'Xolobeni mineral sands'.
• The CER highlights significant social unrest and violence linked to MRC's projects, specifically noting the 22 March 2016 assassination of Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe, an anti-mining activist and chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee who opposed mining at Xolobeni.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). cer-letter-to-australian-high-commissioner-mrc-resources-4-april-2016-edd6dd9cd06b5b78.pdf. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CER-letter-to-Australian-High-Commissioner-MRC-Resources-4-April-2016.pdf?x21779

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. cer-letter-to-australian-high-commissioner-mrc-resources-4-april-2016-edd6dd9cd06b5b78.pdf. n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CER-letter-to-Australian-High-Commissioner-MRC-Resources-4-April-2016.pdf?x21779.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centreforenvironmentalrightsndcerlettertoaustralianhighcommissionermrcresources4april2016edd6dd9cd06b5b78pdf, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{cer-letter-to-australian-high-commissioner-mrc-resources-4-april-2016-edd6dd9cd06b5b78.pdf}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CER-letter-to-Australian-High-Commissioner-MRC-Resources-4-April-2016.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }