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 his court. They were accused of stoning a mine security vehicle employed by Anglo American’s subsidiary, Angloplat, as the company tried to blast near their homes last year. The magistrate ruled that the women had “acted legitimately in a situation of sudden emergency and in defence of their lives and property.” See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9386.