Category Archives: Community
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FULENI BLOCKADE STOPS RMDEC SITE VISIT
By Sheila Berry This morning an angry but well-behaved crowd of well over a thousand Fuleni residents forced the Regional Mining Development Environmental Committee (RMDEC) to abort their site visit to Fuleni for Ibutho Coal’s proposed open cast mine on the boundary of the iMfolozi Wilderness Area. The site visit…
Protest March in Fuleni - 21 April
The mining affected Fuleni communities will be holding a peaceful demonstration today, 21 April 2016, starting 11h00, in Fuleni, bordering on the iMfolozi Wilderness Area, to voice their opposition to Ibutho Coal’s proposed Fuleni open cast coal mine. And to protest about lack of consultation and lack of inclusion of…
Best Kept Secret – Minister Zwane’s KZN Mining Imbizo
By Sheila Berry Last Thursday morning, 7th April, from 11h00 to 14h00, while Xolobeni and Fuleni activists and their supporters were picketing outside the DMR offices in Bay House, Durban, the Minister of Mineral Resources, Mr Mosebenzi Zwane, was holding a Mining Imbizo at the obscure Ndumakuda Community Hall, Ward…
In Defence of Life
Watch In Defence of Life and learn how courageous front line communities are standing up against mining and winning! Following the trials and triumphs of men and women in Colombia, the Philippines, South Africa and Romania, the film shows that, despite all the odds, small, determined communities can successfully protect…
The experience of a trail
Sheila Berry, spokesperson for ICWA and the Save our iMfolozi Wilderness campaign, recently received this letter from Sabelo Dladla. Sabelo is the son of the late Mr Gednezar Dladla, who was a stalwart in the struggle by the community against the Somkhele Anthracite Mine. He is currently studying Ecotourism Management…
Activists maintain their anti-mining stance
Community calls for an end to mining in KZN, E Cape
On Thursday, 7 April, community members from Fuleni, Somkhele and Xolobeni joined with other activists in front of the DMR offices in Anton Lembede Street, Durban to protest against mining in their ancestral lands. The community activists demonstrated in solidarity with Xolobeni after the tragic assassination of Sikhosiphi Bazooka Radebe.…
UnderMining Life: Activists threatened in South Africa
Video by Sphiwe Mazibuko Sphiwe Mazibuko’s 9 minute documentary exposes the intimidation and violence facing anti-mining activists on the Wild Coast and Zululand, in South Africa. Xolobeni residents have fought for 10 years to prevent an Australian company from mining their titanium rich dunes. The unwavering response of the…
