(Photo: An informal settlement close to the Lonmin mine, where 34 people were killed when police opened fire on protesting mine workers) Mining within communities is viewed as a conduit for further development of the community. It creates an expectation of an improved standard of living and gives the community a sense of hope for […]
Category Archives: Extractive Industries
Extractive Industries, Governance, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa, United Nations
LRC submissions: #BindingTreaty at IGWG 2017
27
Oct
Oct
The LRC, as part of the ESCR-Net, was in Geneva during the final week of October 2017 for the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
Constitution, Environmental Rights, Extractive Industries, National Government, Rights to Water, Uncategorized
Should fracking happen in South Africa?
06
Jan
Jan
Photo: No Fracking Signs at Prince Albert – by Danie van der Merwe (Flikr) The threat of fracking has been imminent in South Africa for almost a decade. But South Africa is just not ready for fracking. There are many detrimental effects of this mining activity on communities and the environment. The regulatory requirements to mediate […]
Environmental Rights, Extractive Industries, Gender Rights
Zama zamas: Trying to make ends meet in the face of the apocalypse
24
Oct
Oct
Reports of deaths and injuries to informal miners (known as zama zamas) have a way of dividing people, with organisations like the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) calling for an intensified crackdown on unlawful mining operations and the arrest of “illegal miners”, while others like the Legal Resources Centre are calling for the better […]
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