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Somkhele

Let us stand with the brave and protect human rights defenders — and honour those who have died

Maverick Citizen

Let us stand with the brave and protect human rights defenders — and honour those who have died

By Genevieve Quintal

Expert report uncovers ‘hidden mental trauma’ of opencast coal mining in rural KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

Expert report uncovers ‘hidden mental trauma’ of opencast coal mining in rural KwaZulu-Natal

By Tony Carnie

Community suffers ‘continuous traumatic stress disorder’ from open-cast mining

South Africa

Community suffers ‘continuous traumatic stress disorder’ from open-cast mining

By Zukiswa Pikoli

‘I cried until I couldn’t anymore’ – why the desecration of ancestral graves by mines is an act of spiritual dispossession

South Africa

‘I cried until I couldn’t anymore’ – why the desecration of ancestral graves by mines is an act of spiritual dispossession

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Community won’t back down in fight against expansion of Tendele coal mine in KZN, despite taking a legal beating

Maverick Citizen

Community won’t back down in fight against expansion of Tendele coal mine in KZN, despite taking a legal beating

By Tony Carnie

Xolobeni and Somkhele: More assassinations feared as state drags its feet

Business Maverick

Xolobeni and Somkhele: More assassinations feared as state drags its feet

By Hali Healy

KZN polls: Pharaohs, water shortages and a crucial battle

South Africa

KZN polls: Pharaohs, water shortages and a crucial battle

By Des Erasmus