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 […]
Tag Archives: Pollution
Corruption, Extractive Industries, Governance, Housing, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre
Bracing for the Back of Port
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Oct
Oct
South Durban’s residents fight back against corruption, destruction and neglect Colleen steps gingerly out of her home in Clairwood, Durban. A large truck is stuck in the narrow residential road just outside her house; crumbling Colleen’s brick wall as it attempts to back out. Colleen runs out onto the muddy street, wading to her knees […]