Daily Maverick: Police claim Fikile Ntshangase’s killers are dead, but who paid the hitmen?
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 […]
DailyMaverick: Chinese metal smelter studies underestimate Limpopo air pollution effects by up to 87.5%
Green Building Africa: A step closer for justice against Tendele coal mine in South Africa
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 […]
The Witness: Community launches new legal bid to stop coal mine
The Citizen: Small towns in KZN welcome activists’ support in fight against coal mining company
Daily Maverick: Coal hunters encircle Africa’s first wilderness and rhino sanctuary
Looking Back on 2024
Looking Back on 2024 All Rise had a busy year full of challenges, new partnerships, presentations and lawyering! New Faces at All Rise Candidate Attorney In August 2024, we welcomed our first Candidate Attorney, Kaliope Geldenhuys, a postgraduate law student from UKZN. Since 2021, Kali has volunteered at All Rise during her holidays, helping us […]
Press Release 25-11-24: JINDAL FAILS AGAIN – R38 BILLION IRON ORE MINE IN KWAZULU-NATAL IS NO CLOSER TO STARTING
The wheels have come off at scoping. Jindal will be starting its EIA for a fourth time. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has directed Jindal and its environmental consultant TCIR to redo the first step of the EIA process again. This will be Jindal’s fourth attempt at securing environmental approval for its […]