Archive 2013

Government acts on Chinese mining
17 April 2013: THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has appealed to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to stop a Chinese company from conducting mining activities in the Anabeb Conservancy.

LAC battles funding cuts
22 July 2013: THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), which recently celebrated 25 years of existence, has phased out some of its projects and retrenched staff members due to depleting funds.

The failure of law and politics
6 August 2013: With land grabs increasing, government comes across as reluctant to protect the rights of the San and the world is taking note, writes Willem Odendaal

San hopes High Court helps
8 August 2013: With land grabs increasing, government comes across as reluctant to protect the rights of the San and the world is taking note, writes Informante

Conservancy takes first step to sue illegal occupiers
12 August 2013: THE High Court on Friday gave police the go-ahead to serve court documents on a group of 32 farmers accused of illegally occupying communal land in the Tsumkwe area.