Many thousands of publicly funded part-time hours have gone into the campaign, and I doubt that even Ms. Williams would suggest that of the 400 or so delegates who attended February's "Toward a Mine-Free Southern Africa" conference in Maputo, Mozambique, there were many who paid their own airfares and hotel bills.
The multinational digger has just confirmed it has let the trucks roam free at the Nammuldi iron ore mine, a hole in the ground located in more or less the middle of nowhere, as the nearest town, Tom Price, is 60km away.