Mining

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Human rights lawyer charged for pointing his finger at policeman

Richard Spoor charged under apartheid era Transkei penal code

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Brief | 15 October 2018

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Court challenge to coal mine

Case is significant for future of South Africa’s protected areas

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News | 15 October 2018

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Mantashe: I didn’t give the go-ahead on Xolobeni

Minister distances himself from claims made by Australian company on controversial Eastern Cape mine

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News | 26 September 2018

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Damage to West Coast beaches from mining can be kept to “acceptable” levels, say consultants

Australian company tries again to get approval for huge expansion project

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News | 25 September 2018

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Gwede Mantashe to meet Xolobeni residents opposed to mining

But residents sceptical of his intentions

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News | 21 September 2018

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Workers commemorate Marikana in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Ex-miners say they are owed benefits

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News | 17 August 2018

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Coal mine opponents targeted on social media

“Powerful interests use violence and threats to cut off those defending human rights”

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Feature | 24 July 2018

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Independence of environmental consultant under the spotlight

Conservationist argues that Adriaan du Toit did not meet statutory requirements for independence

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News | 13 July 2018

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Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval

Department of Mineral Resources approved Australian company’s application to do mineral prospecting on northern bank of Olifants River estuary

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News | 3 July 2018