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Australian mining company's 'SLAPP case' against its critics heads to ConCourt

Defamation case is against activists and environmentalists vocal about its controversial mining activities at Xolobeni and on the West Coast.

Australian mining company's "SLAPP case" against its critics heads to Concourt

Constitutional issues at stake in R14.25 million defamation action against environmentalists and activists

Australian mining company's 'Slapp case' against...

Constitutional issues at stake in R14.25-million defamation action against environmentalists and activists.

The tide turns to mining on the Olifants River

The government granting prospecting rights around the river mouth, which is being declared a community-based marine protected area, threatens food security and livelihoods.

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Assault on the West Coast: Inside the illegal diamond m...

In the past few months, the Atlantic west coast in the region of the Olifants River estuary has sustained a barrage of new diamond mining applications. The documents reveal a litany of legally questionable oversights, including a failure to assess the needs of local communities. But the most di...

Societal impact: An MBA is about more than business

Western Cape High Court orders Matzikama municipality to co-operate with probe

Western Cape High Court orders Matzikama municipality to co-operate with probe Share Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court has ordered the Matzikama Local Municipality to immediately comply with an ongoing investigation into maladministration, fraud and corruption at the municipality. Acting judge Selwyn Hockey rejected the municipality's application against Local Government MEC Anton Bredell’s decision to investigate the municipality. The municipality had wanted to suspend the investigation into alleged non-compliance with statutory obligations until pending intergovernmental dispute resolutions are finalised. Judge Hockey found the municipality’s non-co-operation unlawful saying: “Matzikama Local Municipality and all those working under it are directed immediately to comply with the investigation initiated by the local government MEC.”

Western Cape municipality ordered to comply with provincial probe into maladministration

Adrian de Kock, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 The Matzikama municipality has been ordered by to comply with a maladministration probe. The order was handed down by the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. The municipality allegedly refused to comply with a provincial government investigation. The Western Cape government has welcomed a ruling by the Western Cape High Court, ordering the Matzikama municipality to comply with an investigation into maladministration, fraud and corruption. The embattled municipality has been at the centre of a Special Investigation Unit (SIU) probe into PPE procurement, and is one of eight municipalities under investigation by the provincial government's forensic investigation unit.

Knysna woman held after friend's three-month-old baby girl abducted

Knysna woman held after friend’s three-month-old baby girl abducted By Nomalanga Tshuma Share Cape Town - Police arrested a 20-year-old woman in Plettenberg Bay on Easter Sunday after her friend’s three-month-old baby girl in Concordia, Knysna, was abducted. According to the police, the suspect was apprehended by the Knysna intensive investigation unit, which was investigating the disappearance of the infant, who had been taken from her home in Concordia (Mvuleni), Knysna. Spokesperson Christopher Spies said: “It is alleged that the woman, a friend of the mother of the child, had visited the family on Saturday afternoon, then proceeded to take the three-month-old toddler under false pretences, and disappeared.”