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Aussie mining company “SLAPP suit” partly settled out of court

22 November 2023 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni and at the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast. Summonses in the action were served more than seven years ago, in August 2016. The case made local legal history earlier this year by b...

Women beaten with knobkieries in battle over Wild Coast land, court hears

15 May 2023 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...Xolobeni Mining Project that was stopped by the courts in 2018. But Judge Laing issued the interdict, giving Dlamini until 6 June to make submissions why it should not be made final. In terms of the o...

Environmental activists revise pleas in “SLAPP case” brought by Australian miners

1 February 2023 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni and at the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast.

Concourt hands critics of Australian mine partial victory – but defamation battle is not over

14 November 2022 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni and at the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast. When the case reached the Cape High Court in February last year, Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath ruled that the ac...

Australian mining company’s “SLAPP case” against its critics heads to Concourt

1 February 2022 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni against activists and environmentalists is headed for the Constitutional Court. The High Court has accepted the defendants’ argument that the claim against them is a SLAPP case, an acronym fo...

What a year! 2021 in photos

20 December 2021 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Staff

President Cyril Ramaphosa was one of the first recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in February 2020. Photo: Jeffrey Abrahams Masixole Feni photographed a child doing backflips on a mattr...

None of the Above wins local elections

4 November 2021 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Editors

Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Montgomery Brewster, played by Richard Pryor in the 1985 movie Brewster’s Millions, runs for mayor of New York with the twist that he asks his supporters to vote for None of t...

Should the proposed N2 toll road through the Wild Coast be moved?

3 November 2021 | ARTICLE

By Daniel Steyn

...Xolobeni sand mine and is made up of people from Amadiba’s coastal region, which is called Umgungundlovu. The ACC doesn’t want the road to run through Umgungundlovu and says the road should be moved 1...

Activists urge Ramaphosa to move N2 Wild Coast Toll Road

22 September 2021 | ARTICLE

By Daniel Steyn

The proposed N2 Toll Road will cut through Sigidi village. Map: Lisa Nelson Activists in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape have urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to support their battle against the planned...

Wild Coast: is there a future in eco-tourism?

5 August 2021 | ARTICLE

By Daniel Steyn and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

...Xolobeni’s eco-tourism scene is environmental activist Sinegugu Zukulu. Born and bred in Xolobeni, Zukulu holds a master’s degree in environmental management from the University of Stellenbosch. He ha...