But it is not just land that Malema demands. Just as the settlers did not
bring land with them, neither did they bring minerals, which properly
belong to the nation.13 “These are our mines and we must fight until we
benefit from these mines,” he told an enthusiastic stadium audience in
the platinum-Â�mining town of Rustenburg.14 “The coloniser” continues to
exploit mineral resources while the people suffer; only nationalized own�
ership can remedy this.15