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15 June 2020
Mail & Guardian
Activists argue that the Australian company suing them is using the courts to silence criticism and so abusing the legal system. The law should change to stop these types of suits
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13 June 2020
Mail & Guardian
An Australian mining company is suing three attorneys and activists for defamation. But the defendant's attorneys argue that this a strategic lawsuit against public participation
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10 June 2020
IOL
Landmark Slapp suit has an Australian mining company suing six environmental activists for R14.25m in damages over alleged defamatory statements.
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09 June 2020
Daily Maverick
A case to be heard this week by the Western Cape High Court poses significant questions about freedom of expression and the legal rights of corporations. It forms part of an Australian mining company’s attempt to sue six South African activists and lawyers for defamation – which the defendants see as a blatant attempt to muzzle criticism.
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01 June 2020
The Citizen
Alexkor is running out of money, with possible retrenchments adding to the already steep rehabilitation liability.
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26 May 2020
Daily Maverick
The people of Mpukunyoni in KwaZulu-Natal are the latest in a growing list of rural South African communities whose land rights are under siege as a mining company seeks to remove them from their homes.
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26 May 2020
Daily Maverick
KwaZulu-Natal induna killed in a hail of bullets was a tourism operator who was also involved in efforts against the mining of sand dunes near a world heritage site.
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18 May 2020
BusinessDay
In this time of crisis our leaders are pursuing laws that enable dispossession along the very fault lines engineered by colonialism and apartheid
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21 April 2020
Daily Maverick
With no confirmed cases of coronavirus, the message every day from the leaders of the Amadiba community is clear: ‘We are moving as one community to defeat the virus.’
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01 April 2020
GroundUp
Environment minister rejects most of the appeals against Tormin expansion plans
Land rights and mining read moreMaverick Citizen Friday Activist: Odette Geldenhuys, a lawyer doing heart work that benefits all https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-03-odette-geldenhuys-a-lawyer-doing-heart-work-that-benefits-all/
Economists urge MPs to reject Tito Mboweni’s budget https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2020-07-01-economists-urge-mps-to-reject-tito-mbowenis-budget/ via @BusinessLiveSA
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