Social licences and community rights: An assessment of the Xolobeni community
The Xolobeni community refers to a group of people from five coastal villages on South Africa’s Wild Coast who have been resisting plans to exploit world-class deposits of titanium-bearing minerals on a section of this coastline for almost fifteen years. Over this time, they have become organized (the Amadiba Crisis Committee leads local resistance to the mine), garnered support, and used public interest litigation under South Africa’s Constitution to advance their cause: The recognition of community vision and rights in relation to mining, sustainability, development and land.
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Dario Milo, a Webber Wentzel partner, and specialist in media law has been appointed by the European Commission (EC) to serve on the Expert Group against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP). The appointment is for two years.
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S. Africa: âA sweet victory but war not overâ says defendant in SLAPP case as company confirms it will appeal judgement
âAustralian mining firm intends to appeal judgment that favoured activistsâ 15 February 2021
An Australian mining firm with interests in the West Coast says it will appeal a judgment by Western Cape High Court deputy judge president Patricia Goliath in relation to the Slapp suit (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) it brought against six South African environmental justice and community activists. In her judgment, Judge Goliath found that the slew of defamation lawsuits filed by Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) and its local subsidiary against the defendants was an abuse of the legal process. Goliath said: âCorporations should not be allowed to weaponise our legal system
Australian mining firm intends to appeal judgment that favoured activists
By Mwangi Githahu
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Cape Town - An Australian mining firm with interests in the West Coast says it will appeal a judgment by Western Cape High Court deputy judge president Patricia Goliath in relation to the Slapp suit (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) it brought against six South African environmental justice and community activists.
In her judgment, Judge Goliath found that the slew of defamation lawsuits filed by Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) and its local subsidiary against the defendants was an abuse of the legal process.
Goliath said: “Corporations should not be allowed to weaponise our legal system against the ordinary citizen and activists in order to intimidate and silence them.”