Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guide in English and isiZulu
The South African affiliate of IAIA, IAIAsa, together with All Rise Attorneys for Climate and Environmental Justice recently launched a bilingual Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guide in English and isiZulu. Funding for this innovative best practice tool was provided by IAIA and OSF-SA. All too often, community members are left out of decision-making processes that […]
Daily Maverick: The terrible price of speaking the truth and the human cost of justice delayed
By Kirsten Youens This article appeared in The Daily Maverick It has been five years since our client, Fikile Ntshangase, was shot dead in her home at Ophondweni on 22 October 2020, where she lived with her 13-year-old grandson. She had refused to accept a R350,000 bribe to sign an agreement supporting the mine and […]
Press Release: A Step Closer for Community Seeking Justice Against Tendele Coal Mining
Immediate Release: 2 June 2025 On 2 June 2025, the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO) together with the Global Environmental Trust (GET), Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA), ActionAid South Africa, (ActionAidSA), and the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) obtained a court order from the Pietermaritzburg High Court setting out the […]
