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The South African High Commissioner to Ghana, Her Excellency Lulama Zingwana has expressed her country’s readiness to partner Ghana as part of efforts to foster socio-economic development between the two countries.

Her Excellency Xingwana made these remarks when she paid a working visit to AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine in Tarkwa.

She commended AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem mine for the various social investment initiatives rolled out in its host communities.

The Managing Director of Iduapriem Mine, Mr. Sicelo Ntuli emphasized that the Mine was committed to developing its host communities through its numerous social investment initiatives to promote development “Iduapriem mine will continue to demonstrate its value of leaving its communities better-off he added”.

Addressing stakeholders and chiefs from the mine’s host communities at a reception organized in her honor, Her Excellency called on all especially the chiefs to ensure the practice of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey is abolished due to the dangers associated with the trade and dangers it poses to communities. She noted that destruction of water bodies as a result of illegal mining was gradually affecting the country’s vegetation.

As part of her visit, the High Commissioner later called on the Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology where interacted with management of the university and visited some laboratories to see at first hand some demonstration and research work of the students.

She encouraged the students to eschew all forms of social vices and focus on their education to enable them be responsible persons in the society and the Nelson Mandela’s and Kwame Nkrumah’s of their generation.