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1. Today is a momentous day for the Xolobeni struggle for the #Right2SayNo to mining and toll roads imposed on indigenous land.
MEC Babalo Madikizela is convening a 'vote' on whether the toll road may slice Sigidi village in half.
Venue? A private tent with armed security -->
MEC Babalo Madikizela is convening a 'vote' on whether the toll road may slice Sigidi village in half.
Venue? A private tent with armed security -->
2. The Xolobeni community won the #Right2SayNo to mining on their land in the landmark Baleni judgment.
Of course, a #Right2SayNo is also a right to consent enthusiastically to projects the community embraces.
That judgment makes clear that consent must be 'full and informed'.
Of course, a #Right2SayNo is also a right to consent enthusiastically to projects the community embraces.
That judgment makes clear that consent must be 'full and informed'.
3. Instead of accepting that the standard is 'full and informed' consent, today's meeting will merely be a 'vote'.
Who is administering this 'vote'?
Not the IEC.
Either MEC Madikizela, the local municipality, or SANRAL.
All of whom support the toll road.
Who is administering this 'vote'?
Not the IEC.
Either MEC Madikizela, the local municipality, or SANRAL.
All of whom support the toll road.
1. As @imanrappetti interviews @GwedeMantashe1 for the keynote address at the Mining Indaba, Nonhle Mbuthuma is sung to the stage for the keynote address at the Alternative Mining Indaba to speak on Xolobeni’s stand for the #Right2SayNo for all communities.
@imanrappetti @GwedeMantashe1 2. Nonhle opens her keynote by thanking the communities and civil society who have stood with Xolobeni over the years.
She says she is often asked why foreigners and outsiders support Xolobeni.
Her response: "Solidarity is not a crime"
She says she is often asked why foreigners and outsiders support Xolobeni.
Her response: "Solidarity is not a crime"
@imanrappetti @GwedeMantashe1 3. Nonhle notes that South Africa's constitution is rightly praised.
But for Xolobeni, the state has participated in an assault on the community.
So the community had to take their own government to Court to demand the #Right2SayNo to mining.
And won.
But for Xolobeni, the state has participated in an assault on the community.
So the community had to take their own government to Court to demand the #Right2SayNo to mining.
And won.
