Tendele Mining News Today

The guide comes after four major mining and energy projects were halted in recent years by the courts as a result of failing to conduct thorough EIAs and allow meaningful public participation. 

The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has dismissed an application to interdict Tendele from recommencing mining at its KZN coal mine.

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has granted an interim interdict halting new mining activity as part of the controversial expansion of the Somkhele coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal. 



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‘Tendele acts as if it can do anything it wants in our community … It is as if our lives do not matter. We are merely dots on a map to be told, and not asked.’ — Israel Nkosi, resident of the Emalahleni area in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

Retrenchments could’ve been avoided had Tendele not flouted the public participation process between people whose land rights would be affected

Saturday marked two years since KZN anti-mining activist was brutally murdered in her home

Tensions are high as a new public participation process for the proposed expansion of the coal mine has begun.

Daily Maverick recently published an article ‘Remembering Fikile Ntshangase, a fearless environmental activist’ which commemorated the first anniversary of her death. The article carried a critical factual error that we would like to correct and provide some context. Daily Maverick recently...

Accentuating the 'S' in Environmental, Social and Governance can help mining companies deliver better business outcomes, lessen costly disputes, and help rebuild stakeholder trust. Disputes between mining companies and their neighbouring communities are on the rise. It was estimated in 2018 by the South African Police Services (SAPS) that approximately 35 protests take place across South Africa's mining communities monthly. These community-based protests against the mining co...