2024 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR OBP Heroes of the Year: Activists who risk their lives to protect beloved land and community 4 min 1 By Tony Carnie
THE ACTIONISTS A social justice warrior driven by the ‘generative force’ of truth 3 min 1 By Thom Pierce
WILD COAST TOLL ROAD Sanral’s need for speed rides roughshod over Xolobeni/Amadiba community’s land 7 min 3 By Tony Carnie
AMABHUNGANE Murder of ‘Bazooka’ Radebe in Xolobeni: Hawks general accused of shutting down investigation 15 min 0 By Sam Sole
HUMAN RIGHTS REFLECTION South Africa’s under-siege rural black folks are dying for the right to say no to mining 5 min 1 By Lukhona Mnguni
UNBENDING THE LAW Slapp-down – activists cheer ConCourt ruling on ‘abusive’ defamation cases brought by corporations 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
GROUNDUP ConCourt hands Australian mine critics partial victory — but defamation battle continues 5 min 0 By John Yeld for GroundUp
South Africa Expert report uncovers ‘hidden mental trauma’ of opencast coal mining in rural KwaZulu-Natal 11 min 0 By Tony Carnie
EASTERN CAPE The intersection of gender and climate justice struggles in Xolobeni 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
JUST TRANSITION? Transkei’s Xolobeni community sounds alarm over extractivism, absent ministers and lack of basic services 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
Groundup: defamation lawsuit Australian miner Mineral Commodities Ltd’s ‘Slapp’ case against environmentalists, activists heads to Concourt 4 min 1 By John Yeld
WEBINAR South Africa’s government has betrayed the promise of democracy, say activists 3 min 2 By Zukiswa Pikoli
OUR BURNING PLANET Aussie mining magnate gets legal snotklap after threatening to sue SA activists for millions 6 min 11 By Tony Carnie
JUSTICE OP-ED Our courts must tackle the practice of ‘Slapping’ human rights defenders into silence 9 min 0 By Sfiso Nxumalo and Southern Defenders
SLAPP FIGHTBACK Mining giants take to the Constitutional Court in last-ditch bid to gag critics 4 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho
SUSTAINING THE WILD COAST OP-ED 'Kuzophela konke' – Why we say no to HCI, Total, Shell and to government’s gas plan 9 min 1 By Sinegugu Zukulu, Margie Pretorius, Andrew Bennie and Nobuntu Mazeka
OUR BURNING PLANET OP-ED The hunt for Richards Bay minerals: Mines can bring development – but they also bring fear, resentment and violence to communities 5 min 0 By Claire Martens
OUR BURNING PLANET Sparks fly at meeting with rural community over proposed N2 Wild Coast toll road 7 min 24 By Lungi Langa
GROUNDUP: OUR BURNING PLANET Wild Coast: is there a future in eco-tourism in light of mining and toll road developments? 5 min 0 By Daniel Steyn and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
GROUNDUP Battle to stop 22km long mine on Wild Coast 8 min 1 By Daniel Steyn and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED How to keep a movement alive: Lessons from 14 years of sustained activism in Xolobeni on the Wild Coast 8 min 2 By Tess Peacock and Zak Essa
