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Coal mine opponents targeted on social media

24 July 2018 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni. Although the Hawks have not made any progress in their investigation into Radebe’s murder – this was confirmed by spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi last week – it’s widely believed that ...

Meet Adriaan du Toit, the “independent” geologist who trolls environmentalists and Cyril Ramaphosa

8 June 2018 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni site on the Transkei coastline, where the company wants to mine titanium and other mineral sands. According to his own LinkedIn profile and his CV on his company’s website, Du Toit has worked...

Wild Coast Road: communities have been consulted

23 May 2018 | ARTICLE

By Vusi Mona

...Xolobeni that they are opposing. However, an independent survey conducted in 2015 by the HSRC found a 98.8% support level for the N2WCR amongst local residents in the Pondoland area. Even within the M...

Community consent is not needed for mining rights, says lawyer

25 April 2018 | ARTICLE

By Zoë Postman

...Xolobeni, a village in Umgungundlovu on the Wild Coast. TEM is a subsidiary of Australian mining company MRC. DMR lawyer Vincent Maleka argued on Monday that the award of a mining right cannot qualify...

Community consent needed before granting mining rights, court hears

24 April 2018 | ARTICLE

By Zoë Postman

...Xolobeni. TEM is a subsidiary of Australian mining company MRC. Xolobeni is a village in Umgungundlovu on the Wild Coast. In September 2016, Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane announced an ...

Wild Coast toll road: new court battle looms

10 April 2018 | ARTICLE

By Thembela Ntongana

...Xolobeni mining project. The committee represents villagers opposed to the mining. Mbuthuma said SANRAL had put up red flags indicating the route of the new road without consulting the community. Some...

Family of murdered Xolobeni activist appeals to NPA to “unblock” investigation

27 March 2018 | ARTICLE

By Thembela Ntongana

The family of murdered Xolobeni mining activist Sikhosiphi Bazooka Radebe, supported by the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), has asked National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams to inter...

Battle over mining rights in remote Eastern Cape villages

19 February 2018 | ARTICLE

By Thembela Ntongana

...Xolobeni, one of the villages in Umgungundlovu. The battle over mining rights is violent. Activist Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe, who was the chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, an organisation ...

Two years later, still no arrests for murder of Xolobeni activist

16 February 2018 | ARTICLE

By Thembela Ntongana

Almost two years since the murder of Xolobeni activist Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe, no-one has been arrested. Rhadebe was shot eight times outside his house in Lurholweni township in Mbizana, Eastern C...

Australian company sues SA environmental lawyers for defamation

8 May 2017 | ARTICLE

By Barbara Maregele

...Xolobeni on the Wild Coast and its ongoing court battle over its Tormin mine on the West Coast near Lutzville. In a statement on Friday, the CER said that attorneys Tracey Davies and Christine Redde...