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A year on, family and rights group demand answers over murder of mining activist Fikile Ntshangase

Friday will mark exactly a year since activist Fikile Ntshangase, 63, was murdered - and her family, friends and fellow activists are still demanding justice.

1 year on, and still no justice for murdered KZN environmental activist

1 year on, and still no justice for murdered KZN environmental activist
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Fundamentally flawed: Landmark court case falters, one

Against a backdrop of murder, intimidation and deep divisions in a rural Zululand community, a major court battle started and then faltered in the Pretoria High Court on 6 October. It’s a case that could determine the fate of one of the country’s largest anthracite coal mines, as well as th.

GATVOL TAXIMEN PROTEST OVER MURDER!

S Africa: Documentary film shows dangers for anti-mining activists and local communities after murder of prominent land rights defender

Article S. Africa: Documentary film shows dangers for anti-mining activists and local communities after murder of prominent land rights defender Encroaching Risks for Mining Activists 11 January, 2021 When the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network recognised 65-year-old activist Fikile Ntshangase as its defender of the year in December, the grandmother, who had been living with her 11-year-old grandson in the rural KwaZulu-Natal village of Ophondweni near Mtubatuba, was unable to collect her award. She had been assassinated at her home in October. In a country witnessing deepening rifts between environmental activists begging for sustainable, ethical mining and a growing number of unemployed, desperate for a livelihood, Carte Blanche investigates what Ntshangase’s murder signifies for the activists still embroiled in the fight against ever-encroaching coal excavation near their homes.

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