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Court hears objections to new N2 highway

4 December 2018 | ARTICLE

By Zoë Postman

...Xolobeni community did not share the same sentiment as Zukulu about this “Berlin wall [the highway] that will separate the community and they will never get over it”. “This is an application by one ma...

Xolobeni judgment is vital to land debate

23 November 2018 | ARTICLE

By Wilmien Wicomb

...Xolobeni community, after the name of one of the villages in the area — in the face for more than a decade. The sands of the coastline where they have lived for centuries, is rich in titanium. For yea...

Wild Coast mine blocked by Pretoria court

22 November 2018 | ARTICLE

By Zoë Postman

...Xolobeni, a village in Umgungundlovu on the Wild Coast. “Right now we are so happy, I can’t even explain it,” said Siyabonga Ndovela who has lived in Xolobeni for 26 years. “Xolobeni is our land and o...

Twitter abuse continues in Mabola Coal Mine saga

29 October 2018 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...Xolobeni in Pondoland – Fourie asked the council to investigate and take action. In July, the Right2Know Campaign, supported by 92 other organisations and lawyers’ groups, also condemned Tripathi’s so...

Major precedent set for communities affected by mining

26 October 2018 | ARTICLE

By Kim Reynolds

...Xolobeni community. Johan Lorenzen of Richard Spoor Attorneys said that the precedent from the court decision set out that no mining could take place until compensation is agreed upon in advance and t...

Human rights lawyer charged for pointing his finger at policeman

15 October 2018 | ARTICLE

By Kim Reynolds

Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor has been charged with assault for pointing his finger at a police officer. Spoor is an attorney for Xolobeni residents opposed to mining in this remote part of the Wi...

Shack dwellers protest against assassinations

8 October 2018 | ARTICLE

By Nomfundo Xolo and Thembela Ntongana

...Xolobeni] to say no [to mining]. We know the comrades from Xolobeni are also being targeted. It is happening across the country,” said Notywala The march also highlighted the deaths of other activists...

We do not know if my father’s murder will ever be solved, says son of slain activist

1 October 2018 | ARTICLE

By Thembela Ntongana

“We do not know if my father’s murder will ever be solved,” says Tarzan Rhadebe, the son of murdered Xolobeni activist Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe. Two and a half years after the assassination, there ...

Mantashe: I didn’t give the go-ahead on Xolobeni

26 September 2018 | ARTICLE

By Kim Reynolds

...Xolobeni and will be able to take a more informed decision moving forward, on the moratorium as well as on other matters pertaining to Xolobeni.” In a statement on Monday, Amnesty International condem...

Gwede Mantashe to meet Xolobeni residents opposed to mining

21 September 2018 | ARTICLE

By Kimberly Reynolds

...Xolobeni. This is the area on the Wild Coast where anti-mining activist Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe was murdered in March 2016. The moratorium follows a court case on whether community consent is neede...