Condena del asesinato de Mama Fikile Ntshangase en Sudáfrica

Friends of the Earth International denounces the killing of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, a member of the Somkhele community and vice-president of a subcommission of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organization (MCEJO). Ntshangase was murdered on October 22, 2020, after opposing the expansion of the Tendele coal mine, owned by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd (a Petmin subsidiary), which threatened to displace 21 families. The organization highlights a broader trend of increasing human rights abuses against environmental and political activists across Africa, where transnational companies expand mining, oil, and gas activities despite local opposition. The statement calls on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and other authorities to ensure an impartial and exhaustive investigation into the murder and other attacks on community rights defenders. It further advocates for a legally binding international instrument to regulate transnational corporations and end corporate impunity.

• Mama Fikile Ntshangase, vice-president of a subcommission of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organization (MCEJO), was murdered in her home by four gunmen on October 22, 2020, after opposing the expansion of the Tendele coal mine.
• The Tendele coal mine, owned by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd (a subsidiary of Petmin), sought expansion projects that would have displaced 21 families from their ancestral lands.
• There is a rising trend of human rights abuses against environmental and political activists across Africa, as transnational companies expand mining, oil, and gas operations, often ignoring local community rights and causing forced displacements and deaths.
• The document calls for the creation of a legally binding international instrument to force states to regulate transnational corporations and end the impunity of large companies and the intellectual authors of such crimes.

APA

admin (2020). Condena del asesinato de Mama Fikile Ntshangase en Sudáfrica. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/condena-del-asesinato-de-mama-fikile-ntshangase-en-sudafrica/

Chicago

admin. Condena del asesinato de Mama Fikile Ntshangase en Sudáfrica. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/es/condena-del-asesinato-de-mama-fikile-ntshangase-en-sudafrica/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2020condena, author = {admin}, title = {{Condena del asesinato de Mama Fikile Ntshangase en Sudáfrica}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/condena-del-asesinato-de-mama-fikile-ntshangase-en-sudafrica/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }