August 1, 2020
Coal mine’s bid for KZN land puts compensation criteria to test
The people of Mpukunyoni in KwaZulu-Natal are the latest in a growing list of rural South African communities whose land rights are under siege as a mining company seeks to remove them from their homes. This article sheds light on Tendele Mine’s attempts to relocate twenty-four households in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal and advocates for a more comprehensive methodology for calculating compensation payable to rural communities, when they are being relocated by mining companies