Reuters: Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers
Mail & Guardian: Department of water and sanitation confirms groundwater exceedances at Thirsti bottling plant in KZN
News 24: Thirsti under scrutiny in KZN as residents raise concerns, questions over water extraction
Daily Maverick: Attorneys warn of corruption risks and weaker checks in new environmental impact assessment plan
Daily Maverick: Nearly 1,000 people face relocation in KZN lithium mine expansion plan
Mongabay: Proposed shark net near Club Med resort in South Africa sparks conservation clash
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%