Mining ≠ Development: "We''re not going to eat minerals ...
Xolobeni communities are farmers who produce vegetables such as sweet potatoes that are sold in South Africa''s big grocery chains such as Checkers and Shoprite. As Mbuthuma exclaimed, "We are feeding the country. That is why [we fight] the mining; because mining is a foreign thing; it''s not for us. We''re not going to eat minerals.