TRACEY DAVIES: Of mining, ethics and murder
‘Stakeholder capitalism’ and pronouncements on corporate social responsibility are more about spin than about SA’s poor
29 October 2020 - 05:00
On the evening of October 22, environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase, 65, was gunned down in the home she shared with her 11-year-old grandson near Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
Ntshangase was a member of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO), which represents communities affected by the operations of Tendele Coal Mining. Since late 2019, tensions have escalated over the proposed expansion of Tendele’s operations. Ntshangase was a vocal opponent of the expansion...
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