 Xholobeni is also endowed with some mineral resources hence the recent fights about possible mining in the area which has led to court cases between the people and the government, as the Bizana community doesn't want their land to be touched and be left in ruins.Bizana is on the border between Kwa-Zulu Natal and Eastern cape province and falls in the EC Province.The local language is isiMpondo, almost all locals can speak both isiXhosa and Zulu fluently.