Then the issue here is training the people who will eventually manage these mines. Royal Bafokeng wouldnt have managed it well without some form of training/education. This is part of the youth leagues proposal.
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Royal Bafokeng got in people qualified to run mines and have the business acumen to run a mine, just because you got a few tenders does not mean that you can run a business... One of the proposals the league suggested was to start with new mining entrepreneurs. this should be read as, the Tokyo's and Patrice's have had their time now it is our time ( Youth Leauge executive members). He mentions that the land/mines should be taken without compensation, from his SAFM interview "When new mining licences are issued, the state should hold 60 percent of the ownership, and the mining company 40 percent. Mines already operating could hand over the 60 percent portion to the state and, over time, be paid back through profits. " and where is the non compensation part. Zambia tried doing nationalisation of their copper mines and they were apparently losing $1m a day, and now they are back to what it was before nationalisation and zambia has one of the better growth rates in Sub-Saharan Africa, better than South Africa's.