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09 February 2021
GroundUp
Judge said applicants had not produced evidence to support their claims
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10 February 2021
GroundUp
“Victory for activism and free speech” as judge rules in favour of SA lawyers, activists and social worker
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11 February 2021
GroundUp
Tuesday’s judgment in the mining company case provides key insights into how to recognise a SLAPP suit
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10 February 2021
Daily Maverick
Australian mining magnate loses landmark legal case set to shape future laws and tame intimidatory legal tactics by corporations, known as SLAPP suits.
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28 January 2021
GroundUp
Residents of Mononono village in North West take on Ikwezi Vanadium
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27 January 2021
Daily Maverick
Austrian photographer Stefan Kleinowitz spent time with communities living under the toxic cloud of coal mining around eMalahleni (formerly Witbank) in Mpumalanga, documenting their daily lives. His stark images spell out their hardscrabble battle for a decent life.
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25 January 2021
GroundUp
A trial related to an outbreak of violence over the Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project looks set to expose deep and bitter divisions in the Amadiba community on the Wild Coast.
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03 January 2021
Daily Maverick
Brutally slain at her KwaZulu-Natal home in October, this environmental defender’s life and murder represent every activist’s fight in an age of high stakes.
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09 December 2020
GroundUp
Sea is so dark with sediment “we can’t even dive with lights”
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29 November 2020
Daily Maverick
Sceptics might be excused for not breathing a huge sigh of relief at the news that the SAPS is investigating death threats against Nonhle Mbuthuma of the Amadiba Crisis Committee. Previous investigations have failed to apprehend assassins, and the investigation into the assassination of ‘Bazooka’ Radebe was allegedly interfered with by senior SAPS officials.
Land rights and mining read more@LarcUCT reseracher Nokwanda Sihlali is part of @UbumboLegends Writers & Thought Leaders platform which aims to showcase talented individuals’ writing and to critically engage in the content they produce. It is essentially a woman-dominated and women-led space. https://twitter.com/ThisLand_Doc/status/1364705905695154176
"Through the programme of Security of Tenure, the precarity of recognised tenure is ubiquitous in informal and undeveloped spaces occupied mainly by marginalised black people, who are underprivileged and predominantly working class"
https://ubumbo.org.za/2021/02/22/dealing-with-landlessness-in-sa-vital-for-black-marginalised/
IFAD Advantage Series: The small livestock advantage: A sustainable entry point for addressing... - https://goo.gl/scholar/9f3PMW #ScholarAlerts
Nazeer Sonday: In Munich, plans to protect the city’s groundwater from fertiliser and pesticide contamination led to financial support and state subsidisation for a major shift to purely organic agriculture. Why not Cape Town? https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-22-how-organic-farmer-nazeer-sonday-became-an-accidental-warrior-for-land-reform-and-ecological-justice/
Ivan Cloete eviction: Investigation must be independent – Annette Steyn @politicsweb https://www.politicsweb.co.za/politics/da-calls-for-independent-probe-into-farm-eviction-
Italian Ambassador and two officials killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo https://shar.es/aoyuk2
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