Maluti

Maluti Community Forum is a mouth piece for the marginalized communities within the mining locations of Lesotho.

[Tiisetso John Rantlo(LLD) @Tiisetso_Rantlo]

@hansmerket @AmnestyWARO @malutiforum @KPCivilSociety1 This is quite worrisome. I know Lesotho needs serious law reforms because its mining legislation is very much outdated and results in compromising the rights of the communities to clean and healthy environment.

[Hans Merket @hansmerket]

...Water samples collected by @AmnestyWARO from two boreholes constructed by Meya Mining revealed high levels of nitrates, well above what WHO considers safe (@malutiforum from @KPCivilSociety1 came to similar findings around diamond mines in Lesotho:
https://t.co/fyhmsimdE5)

[Hans Merket @hansmerket]

Grievances like these sound painfully familiar...

“We used to have a plantation where Meya is mining diamonds. Everything's gone now. I used to survive on my plantation, get money for school fees. We do not benefit in any way today. Mine gave me only USD 98 for the plantation.”

[Maluti @malutiforum]

Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting, Gaborone Botswana 1st November 2022.

Click the link
https://t.co/YmEjOMWldj
to read the opening speeches by Dr. Michel YOBOUE (Coordinator of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition-KPCSC)

[Maluti @malutiforum]

@Richard_Spoor Letseng Diamond mine operated by British Gem Diamonds should learn from this disaster and stop being selfish. It should relocate Patising community immediately and not wait for finality of litigation to be forced to do so.

[Maluti @malutiforum]

Does letseng diamond mine have to wait for a disaster of dam burst like in South Africa for it to act and relocate people of Patising from potential dam disaster

[Maluti @malutiforum]

Animals drinking from polluted water stream flowing from Letseng Mine into Maloraneng village. Polluted water with high level of nitrates is used by maloraneng community for consumption and their animals too. Watch MCDF’s report with expert’s water analysis sn

[KP_CivilSocietyCoalition @KPCivilSociety1]

At the 2022 #KimberleyProcess intersessional meeting in Botswana, Civil society reiterated the need to factor the voices of communities affected by diamond mining in the governance of the #diamond sector 💎

[Hans Merket @hansmerket]

#KimberleyProcess being unable to even discuss whether it should keep certifying Russian diamonds as conflict-free, proves world’s #conflictdiamonds scheme is no longer fit for purpose.

Read @KPCivilSociety1 call to upcoming KP #Botswana meeting here 👉 https://t.co/q3KMDYE6xA

[Maluti @malutiforum]

@LesothoJohn More importantly, how does this revenue translate into economic activity for poor communities affected by Letšeng mine.

[Maluti @malutiforum]

@LesothoJohn Lack of transparency and accountability have plagued the mining industry in Lesotho. We shall continue to demand social economic justice for communities affected by Letšeng Mine. Watch our study to be published soon.

[Maluti @malutiforum]

Talking dividends from Letseng Mine or any mining company in Lesotho ... is this a joke... the picture says it all.

[John Aerni-Flessner @LesothoJohn]

@RealDoctorC Or about R29 a person

[KP_CivilSocietyCoalition @KPCivilSociety1]

Reporting by @CijLesotho in @dailymaverick, combined with the tremendous support by our #Lesotho-based member @malutiforum, is bringing local communities around Letšeng Diamond Mine one step closer to justice https://t.co/uuE2g524zy

[Sophie Mokoena @Sophie_Mokoena]

Hai boo 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[KP_CivilSocietyCoalition @KPCivilSociety1]

The KP CSC calls for a #KimberleyProcess meeting on #Russia's #UkraineInvasion and links with the #diamond trade:
https://t.co/a8Wr7UpCey

[KP_CivilSocietyCoalition @KPCivilSociety1]

We call on countries where #diamond #mining is associated with severe #HumanRights abuses to enable independent investigations and uphold the rule of law to ensure #accountability for perpetrators and #remedy for victims.
https://t.co/39BEQEXCs5
#bizhumanrights

[STRATEGIES! Sarl @Strategies_]

Africa is home to the highest quality and most valuable diamonds on earth. Cities like Antwerp, Surat and Dubai owe a significant part of their economic success to diamonds produced in Africa. Why African cities and villages do not benefit from that? #WeNeedToTalkAboutDiamonds