This is a video made in Zulu to inform the Fuleni community of the experience of living next to a coal mine. It recounts the real situation faced by the communities around the Somkhele mine. Subtitles are in English
A video by the Centre for Environmental Rights
This article by Melissa Fourie was first published on GroundUp, and thereafter published in the Daily Maverick, both on 12 February 2015. The Mining Indaba ended last week. The annual Investing in African Mining Indaba is once again under way at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. It is a…
Compiled by Sifiso Dladla: CHOOSING KZN DELEGATES FOR WOMEN’S REGIONAL EXCHANGE (07 JANUARY 2015) Another platform for women to meet and discuss their issues, whilst devising a concomitant strategy that will result in robust action, was created through a meeting held in Ocilwane community hall in Fuleni. This once again…
Friday, 14 November 2014 Greetings friends and wilderness supporters This update is being written a few days after the devastating news of Tim Condon’s death, on Sunday, 9 November. Since the very first day of the Save Our iMfolozi Wilderness campaign, Tim has been its strongest on-line support and…
By Sifiso Dladla Sunday, the 19th of October 2014 will go down in the history books of the Global Environmental Trust, Save Our Imfolozi Wilderness Campaign, Community and Wilderness Alliance and all stakeholders involved in preventing the proposed mine in the Fuleni reserve as the turning point because indeed it…
By Braam Malherbe The iMfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal is fighting battles on many fronts. Human settlements, agriculture, poaching and mining are all challenging the existence of this important wilderness area. We must consider the impact of coal mining on the boundary of iMfolozi, specifically regarding the proposed Fuleni mine,…
