Been both furious and broken for the last 18 hours.
Ma Ntshangase was an absolute force in person, overflowing with warmth, good humour, and a burning desire to hold the Tendele coal mine for its innumerable injustices to her and her Somkhele community.
Background --> https://twitter.com/GroundUp_News/status/1319609779501891584
Fikile Ntshangase opposed a mine extension. Last night she was murdered http://www.groundup.org.za/article/mining-activist-murdered-kzn/ @CentreEnvRights @EnvironmentMinister
Even after 19 bullets were fired into Ms Mthethwa's home, she refused to make way for coal mining without fair compensation.
Tendele mine went to court to seek approval for their inadequate proposals. Unsuccessfully.
Yesterday, Ms Ntshangase - a crucial activist - was murdered. https://twitter.com/JohanLorenzen/status/1274667339640963072
Our remarkable clients resisting Tendele Mine recently scored a win.
Possibly provisional.
But a win nonetheless.
I tried to capture the moment, their bravery, and the host of kind, generous and brilliant people who made it happen, on FB.
Link here:
https://www.facebook.com/johan.lorenzen/posts/10100326373601675
Runaway fires burning since Sunday have destroyed embattled farming areas in Hertzogville, Hoopstad, Bulfontein and Dealesville in the Free State, and in the Frances Baard District near Warrenton in the Northern Cape.
https://citizen.co.za/multimedia/2373889/video-governments-silence-on-fs-nc-fires-failing-farmers-once-again-says-union/#.X5LAQTCP3J0.twitter via @TheCitizen_News
Land occupiers tear down ‘unoccupied’ shacks in overcrowded informal settlement “We have all invaded this land and no one has the right to destroy another invader’s shack,” https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-10-19-land-occupiers-tear-down-unoccupied-shacks-in-overcrowded-informal-settlement/ via @TimesLIVE
The government has been engaging with investors to clarify why land reform is needed, emphasized that there won’t be wholesale gazetting of land for seizure and designated the courts to be the final arbiters in any disputes, https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/442208/south-africa-moves-to-soothe-investor-fears-over-land-grabs/ via @businesstechSA
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