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Six South African activists and public interest lawyers have filed revised papers in their marathon legal battle against a collective R14.25 million 'SLAPP' defamation case brought against them by Australian mining interests. ....
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages Opinion Featured pages Article 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 ....
Australian mining firm intends to appeal judgment that favoured activists By Mwangi Githahu Share 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.” ....