Posts tagged "Anglo Platinum"

Anglo American subsidiary bulldozes farmers’ crops in South Africa

Jubilee South Africa
Press Statement
3 December 2009

ANGLO PLATINUM BULLDOZES SEKURUWE COMMUNITY’S MEALIE FIELDS

Today the Sekuruwe community stood and watched as Anglo Platinum proceeded to bulldoze land the community used for ploughing fields. …
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Communities picket Anglo American subsidiary’s operations in South Africa

Jubilee South Africa Press Statement, I December 2009

The police in Mokopane, Limpopo Province, arrested two activists from Ga Machikiri and Ga Mokaba and are searching for others from Ga Mokaba and Ga Molekane. The …
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South African villagers take action against Anglo American subsidiary

Press statement: Sekuruwe community takes action on desecrated graves

Issued by Jubilee South Africa, 24 September 2009

The Sekuruwe community in the Mapela area, north of Mokopane in Limpopo Province, has been taking action for …
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Women win South African court case brought by Anglo Platinum

In what seems to be a striking decision on behalf of community activists trying to resist damage and displacement, a magistrate in South Africa’s Limpopo Province has dismissed charges laid against three women brought before …
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Anglo American subsidiary under fire for grave removals

Jubilee South Africa
National Office
Press Statement

28 May 2009

RE-EXHUMED GRAVES REVEAL SOME FAMILY REMAINS WERE NOT REBURIED:
Original Removal of Graves Took Place in 2008 to Make Way for a Tailings Dam at …
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Activists opposing Anglo American subsidiary on trial in South Africa

Jubilee South Africa
National Office
Press Statement

25 May 2009

47 MINING ACTIVISTS IN SEKIMING, LIMPOPO ON TRIAL TODAY IN MOKOPANE (25 May)

Community activists from Jubilee Sekiming, near Mokopane Limpopo are on trial today …
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Landowners’ struggle against Implats

Impala Platinum (Implats) is the second largest producer of platinum after Anglo American subsidiary Anglo Platinum. Implats is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange but has a subsidiary listing on the London Stock Exchange
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Mining recession’s human costs

What’s been called “the most rapid switch from boom to bust in mining history” is dragging down some of the world’s most powerful mining companies, markedly compromising the operations of many junior outfits, and jeopardising …
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South African community confronts Anglo Plat

JUBILEE SOUTH AFRICA UPDATE
SEKURUWE COMMUNITY LAND DISPUTE

(refers to alert of 26/1/09 – see below)

SEKURUWE COMMUNITY STOPS ANGLO PLATINUM FROM BULLDOZING THEIR LAND, 29 Jan 2009 15:00

Since the Ministry of Land Affairs …
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Anglo American and the South Africa Human Rights Commission

SAHRC finding highlights issues of community relocation to make way for mining

The issue of human rights and mining is highlighted in a first-of-a-kind investigation into the relocation of communities to make way for mining…However…human …
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Communities Fight Back Against Platinum Giants in Mokopane, Limpopo

Jubilee South Africa Press Statement 29 September 2008

Sekiming Stops Lonmin from Drilling Since 12 September!
Sekuruwe Fights Against Desecration of Graves!

Jubilee Mokopane held mass meetings on Sunday, 28 September, in the Sekuruwe and …
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