by Lydia | Mar 13, 2019 | Events
“We collected the women and when we met near the mountain, we were too late. We heard the bullets, and then the ambulances. Thirty-four mine workers were shot dead.” Thumeka Magwangqana, Marikana community leader On August 16 2012, over 100 workers on...
by Richard | Oct 23, 2018 | Events
HANDS OFF AMADIBA! Community leader Nonhle Mbuthuma speaks Plus films of the struggle to save Xolobeni sands 6.30pm Friday 26th October 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA. The Amadiba area of Pondoland is on the beautiful eastern coast of South Africa, but the territory...
by Lydia | Oct 6, 2018 | Events, News
Meet the five environmental human rights defenders who are travelling from Latin America and the US to the UK for Beyond BHP: breaking free from the world’s biggest mining giant. From 13-20 October we will be mobilizing around the multinational’s annual general...
by Richard | Oct 4, 2018 | Events
Join us 13-20 October for eight days of art, discussion and protest with leading environmental human rights defenders visiting London from Latin America to share their experiences resisting the world’s largest mining company, which has been devastating...
by Lydia | Sep 20, 2018 | Actions, Events
We launched our first ever crowdfunder today to help us fund the #BeyondBHP week of action. We would really appreciate any donations, big or small, and if you can’t donate, please share instead. Communities all over the world are rising against mining: from La...
by Lydia | Aug 20, 2018 | Actions, Events, News
On 16 August, around 60 people participated in Marikana Solidarity Collective’s (Marikana Miners Solidarity Campaign, Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum, Decolonising Environmentalism and London Mining Network) vigil of the sixth anniversary of the Marikana...
by Lydia | Aug 9, 2018 | Documents, Events
Learning from women’s organising in apartheid South Africa to present-day ahead of the sixth anniversary of 2012’s Marikana Massacre By Yula Burin Marikana Solidarity Collective marked South Africa’s Women’s Day on 9 August 2018 with a film...
by Lydia | Jul 13, 2018 | Actions, Events, News
This August will be the sixth anniversary of South Africa’s Marikana massacre. On 16th August 2012, 34 striking miners were killed by South African police at London-listed mining company Lonmin’s platinum mine. To show solidarity and to mark the day,...
by Richard | May 31, 2018 | Events
Picket outside Colombian embassy in solidarity with environmental defenders Carnival for Water – Life – Territory 8 June from 3:30pm – 5pm 3 Hans Crescent London SW1X 0LN Nearest tube: Knightsbridge station Let’s stand with Colombians who...
by Lydia | May 16, 2018 | Actions, Events, Video
In March 2018, Community leader Thumeka Magwangqana, lawyer Andries Nkome and Reverend Johannes Seoka travelled to London to attend mining company Lonmin’s Annual general meeting, that was held on 15 March. In the AGM, they asked uncomfortable questions to the...
