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SANRAL must stop sabotaging engagement with the people of Amadiba
The government must require SANRAL to meet communities directly, conduct a genuine mid-term review, assess the inland route honestly and prioritise local road repair as the real…
Stilfontein miners have human rights just like you, Minister Ntshavheni
Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry
SA must end Slapp suits, says environmental lawyer
He is one of six defendants who this week an reached out-of-court settlement with an Australian mining company in a long-running defamation battle
Concourt holds that SLAPP suit defence exists in South African law
The court upheld an appeal by miners against a high court victory for environmentalists but recognised the defence in a landmark ruling on abusive litigation
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Now that he has withdrawn from the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, will the promise of justice for the Meyiwa family be kept?
In the black void of missing bodies
We cannot allow the mathematics of racial capital stop us from bearing ethical witness to the death of the marginalised majority
The business case for environment, social and governance criteria
ESG performance presents an opportunity for involving communities in the decision-making process and reducing costs that might emerge down the line from litigation and fines
Concourt hears landmark ‘Slapp’ defamation and free speech case
The case isn’t only about environmental lawyers and activists being slapped by ‘rapacious’ miners with a series of defamation lawsuits, but about the rule of law
Sona 2022: Tell us what’s happened, Mr President
The president needs to report back to South Africa on what his government has – and hasn’t – achieved since 2018
‘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.
Urgent interdict filed to block Shell’s Wild Coast seismic survey
Shell’s 3D seismic survey is set to begin on Wednesday. But a high court application brought by rights groups to block it will be heard as an urgent matter on Tuesday
We don’t have to ‘sell nature to save it’
Although South Africa no longer practices ‘fortress conservation’, the shift to to protecting resources for people is criticised for incorporating nature in a neoliberal…
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
High court gives Australian mining company a big SLAP(P)
The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists
Xolobeni activist receives death threat
In an environment where activism against mining is becoming increasingly deadly, Nonhle Mbuthuma’s life may be at risk