Condemnation of the assassination of Mama Fikile Ntshangase in South Africa

Friends of the Earth International denounces the October 22, 2020, killing of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, a member of the Somkhele community and the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO). Ntshangase opposed the expansion of the Tendele coal mine, owned by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd, which threatened to displace 21 families. The document argues that environmental defenders across Africa face increasing violence and intimidation as transnational corporations expand extractive activities, often with the complicity of captured states. The organization demands a binding instrument to regulate corporations and calls on South African authorities, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, to ensure an impartial and thorough investigation into the murder.

• Mama Fikile Ntshangase, Vice-Chairperson of a sub-committee of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO), was shot dead in her home on October 22, 2020, after opposing the expansion of the Tendele coal mine.
• The proposed expansion of the Tendele coal mine, operated by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of Petmin), would have resulted in the displacement of 21 families from their ancestral land.
• Environmental and political activists across Africa are facing increasing human rights abuses, including killings, kidnappings, and forced evictions, as transnational corporations expand mining, oil, and gas activities.
• Corporate impunity is facilitated by states and governments that are captured by corporate influence and by the weakening of national legislation and its implementation.
• Friends of the Earth International demands a binding instrument to force States to regulate transnational corporations and business enterprises to end corporate impunity.

APA

admin (2020). Condemnation of the assassination of Mama Fikile Ntshangase in South Africa. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/condemnation-of-the-assassination-of-mama-fikile-ntshangase-in-south-africa/

Chicago

admin. Condemnation of the assassination of Mama Fikile Ntshangase in South Africa. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/condemnation-of-the-assassination-of-mama-fikile-ntshangase-in-south-africa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2020condemnation, author = {admin}, title = {{Condemnation of the assassination of Mama Fikile Ntshangase in South Africa}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/condemnation-of-the-assassination-of-mama-fikile-ntshangase-in-south-africa/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }