/ 14 September 2021

Record number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020

Fikile Ntshangase's Home
Place of mourning: The home where environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was killed while children played outside. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

In South Africa, environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase and police detective Leroy Bruwer were killed

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