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02 May 2021
Daily Maverick
On Friday it emerged that the Mineral Resources and Energy Minister and ANC Chair, Gwede Mantashe, and his wife, Nolwandle Mantashe, had been implicated by a losing bidder in the project to provide “emergency” power generation. The consequences of this could be immense, both for South Africa’s continuous energy failure and the ANC’s future balance of power.
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13 April 2021
The Conversation
Traditional leaders do not adequately represent the interests of rural communities in dealing with mining companies.
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08 April 2021
Daily Maverick
In August 2020, out of the blue, the owners of the 28,000-hectare Selati Game Reserve received word that a company called Tiara Mining had plans to excavate a series of open-cast pits on their land. The mining application was at an advanced stage, it seemed, which was strange — no one from Tiara Mining had ever set foot on the conservancy. And so began a battle that would unearth a litany of contradictions.
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10 March 2021
GroundUp
Provincial government revokes status of part of Mabola Protected Environment
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05 March 2021
Daily Maverick
Five years on, the mothers of three mine workers who died in an accident at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga still hold a vigil at the scene of the incident.
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28 February 2021
Daily Maverick
Community and environmental groups took a beating – twice – when they challenged a major mining company in the courts. But they remain determined to fight all the way to the Constitutional Court.
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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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Western Cape inclusionary housing policy framework open for comment https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/news/western-cape-inclusionary-housing-policy-framework-open-comment
We are concerned at reports that @amaBhungane stories have been blocked after being marked as spammy or potentially unsafe by @Twitter. We welcome an open debate the future of energy in South Africa and nobody should take action to restrict access to any coverage of the issue.
One of the few national bodies still holding our government to account http://disq.us/t/3wvsc2d
If we are looking for the intersection of opportunism and desperation this has to be it.
“Those selling the land of the dead are greedy for money, We grew up knowing that we must respect the dead".
https://www.groundup.org.za/article/graves-desecrated-for-housing-in-pietermaritzburg/
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