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A mine runs this Mpumalanga town
Saturday, 30 June 2012 06:40
Mining company Xstrata Alloys has virtually taken over the provision of basic services to communities around Mashishing (previously Lydenburg) in Mpumalanga because the local municipality has failed to hire skilled staff. It has repaired water pipelines, restored sewerage systems, dispatched its engineers to restore electricity interruptions and removed refuse from the streets. The company has run the local ferrochrome smelter outside the town since 1977.
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