By: New Frame The repression and abandonment of impoverished people continues unabated in South Africa, consigning them to lives that cannot flourish and deaths that pass unnoticed among the elite.
Tag: mining
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Oct 19 2020
South African community wins right to access mining application. But who will win the war?
By Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s east and west coastlines have some of the world’s richest, unexploited, naturally occurring heavy mineral sands.
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Oct 01 2020
The succession of chiefs in a constitutional democracy is a complex matter with equal rights at its heart
By Peter Delius The undemocratic and ahistorical approach to settling succession disputes has allowed richly resourced mining interests to enter into alliances with contenders for high office to secure access to mineral-rich land without consulting the people living on the land.
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Jun 01 2020
Coal mine’s bid for KZN land puts compensation criteria to test
Ramabina Mahapa 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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May 11 2020
A Threat More Deadly than Covid-19
Save our Imfolozi Wilderness Keeping safe against Covid-19 is a challenge in Somkhele, where lack of water is a serious issue, but how do you protect yourself against a hail of bullets through your kitchen and bedroom windows after dark where your children are in bed asleep?
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