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Dan Teffo demanded that Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela meet him in chambers before the trial proceeded, saying he wanted to discuss “other issues” that could not be mentioned in public (Gallo)
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

The slings and arrows of advocate Malesela Teffo’s outrageous fortunes

Now that he has withdrawn from the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, will the promise of justice for the Meyiwa family be kept?

  • John G Clarke
10 min read
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ALL RISE ATTORNEYS FOR CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Shell, Mantashe lose bid to appeal Wild Coast seismic survey judgment

‘The government is being taught a lesson,’ says Wild Coast activist of the latest ruling against multinational oil giant Shell

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
United in opposition: An anti-Shell protest at the Mzamba Estuary united protesters across race and class. (Photos: Paul Botes/M&G)
3D SEISMIC SURVEYS

‘Times are urgent, let’s slow down’: The groundswell against Shell

Even a country with citizens as fractious and fractured as South Africa is showing signs of unity to save the sea off the Wild Coast.

  • Niren Tolsi
12 min read
Protestors at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of the Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
3D

Shell’s Wild Coast exploration draws mounting public ire

Shell SA chair surprised by the scale of opposition to its planned 3D seismic survey

  • Sheree Bega
13 min read
The women of Mfolozi and eXolobeni do not feel safe approaching law enforcement as their aggressors will be treated with impunity, exposing them to further harassment, and driving more potential women activists into the shadows
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Women environmental activists often pay the ultimate price

The violent murder of Mam’ Ntshangase is not the first of its kind and will most certainly not be the last

  • Thandile Chinyavanhu
5 min read
The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle. (Oupa Nkosi)
ACTIVISTS

The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live…

  • Oupa Nkosi
  • Khaya Koko
12 min read
Mam’Ntshangase was described as a fierce critic of mining and ambassador for land rights. (Supplied)
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Murder of anti-mining activist emboldens KZN community

Mam’Ntshangase was described as a fierce critic of mining and ambassador for land rights.

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
The residents of five villages are fighting off the mining of the Xolobeni dunes. (Photos: Paul Botes/M&G)
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Xolobeni judders as mining hovers

Despite a high court judgment halting extraction, villagers feel unsafe as the minister plans a survey and resettlement guidelines

  • Lucas Ledwaba
8 min read
Mine stumped: The tenacity of the Xolobeni community members won them a court decision; government cannot grant mining licences without consulting them first. Photo: Paul Botes
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Mine standoff is a licence to rethink laws

Government needs to respect the court ruling and the Xolobeni residents’ resistance to mining

  • Eddie Rakabe
6 min read
Engulfed: The Tendele coal mine is on the Somkhele residents’ doorstep. (Delwyn Verasamy)
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Mine leaves farmers in the dust

A pastoral community near Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park is being turned into a veritable dump

  • Lucas Ledwaba
8 min read
Tom Thabane. (Reuters)
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Editorial: Rights undermine miner

Thursday’s decision by the high court in Pretoria is historic

  • Editorial
2 min read
Xolobeni community member against mining (Paul Botes/M&G)
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

High Court rules in favour of Xolobeni community in historic mining rights case

The Amadiba Crisis Committee launched a court battle against the department of mineral resources and TEM over mining rights earlier this year

  • Alex Mitchley
1 min read
The Amadiba Crisis Committee has been fighting to prevent a mining project from going ahead in Xolobeni.
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Family of murdered Xolobeni activist appeal to NPA to “unblock” investigation

The police inquiry into mining activist Sikhosiphi Radebe’s 2016 death has been stalled according to the Amadiba Crisis Committee

  • Thembela Ntongana
3 min read
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AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

‘Mining will remove the intestines of our land’

This week the Mail & Guardian is proud to publish a story that is a continuation of a specialised reporting genre, focusing exclusively on the land

  • Lucas Ledwaba
8 min read
Civil society movements survive. One is the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which has for years led a community-driven campaign against titanium mining in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape. Photo: File
AMADIBA CRISIS COMMITTEE

Stop the titanium death dunes

Only one sure way to restore peace and security to Xolobeni: the government must set its face against mining – and soon.

  • Drew Forrest
2 min read