Conservation Watch Environment HIGH STAKES AT SOMKHELE Mine expansion row puts lives on the line Shootings, threats and other violence have ratcheted up tensions in Somkhele where a mine extension has exposed deep fault lines in a poor community. Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh report Written by RR June 3, 2020December 9, 2020
Social & Justice Civil servant jailed for stealing farm Case highlights extent to which corrupt officials easily manipulate the land reform process. Fred Kockott and Thabiso Goba report. First published by GroundUp A former project manager for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has been sentenced to ten years in prison for stealing a farm and livestock that had been awarded […] Written by rovingreporters September 11, 2018May 29, 2020