Human Rights Month brings cheer to a community that has waited a lifetime for the return of their ancestral land. Marumo Machete whose father pioneered the land claims process reports
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Sometimes, a simple solution can make a world of difference. And sometimes that solution comes in an unexpected form. Maimuna Mashalele was forced to flee…
"We must deliver the land through the act of parliament, which is a legal means. But if that does not, succeed, our land was taken through the barrel of a gun. And it must be returned through that barrel if they cannot give us."
In a village set up like here, we need people really to be empowered and to be inspired. Most people were just coming to witness what a book launch looks like because it's a very rare occasion in rural areas.
For Liza this project has ignited her passion for farming and she is now trying to break into the commercial coffee market. Liza is learning all about farming and is confident that their coffee beans have a fighting chance in the coffee market.
“We can’t go there anymore. There are soldiers everywhere now,” Zethu Hlatshwayo, national spokesperson of the National Association of Artisanal Miners (NAAM) said in response…
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Locating our struggles for environmental justice and protecting our human rights through forcing mining companies to comply with legal guidelines and to work with communities on the issues concerning our livelihoods within the greater struggle for economic freedom, as poor and rural mine affected communities, is a critical call to action for mobilizing and organizing the youth around understanding the importance of having our voices heard through solidifying our collective power as communities as we’re burdened with the responsibility to carry the baton forward towards realizing socio-economic justice in our lifetime and protecting our homes.
The government's failure to issue permits to small-scale miners, particularly in rural areas such as the chrome rich Sekhukhune has criminalised artisanal miners who mine on a small scale on tribal trust lands.