CSOs 4 Tailings Justice

Presentation by Robert Krause, Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) at the 2nd annual Tailings Conference – Workshop, 28 July 2025

Presentation by Jamie Kneen (Mining Watch Canada) for 2nd Annual CSOs Tailings Conference

Salaamedia, 29 July 2025 — 2025 Tailings Conference: Mining, Marginalisation, and the Right to a Safe Environment Tailings Under the Spotlight CSOs Tailings Working Group Programme convenor Hassen Lorgat weighs in.

2nd Annual Tailing Conference 2025. Venue: Sunnyside office Park Parktown. Date: 28 July 2025

Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed stakeholders, and fellow community members, I stand before you today as Comrade Naki, National Health and Safety Office Bearer of the National Union of Mineworkers, to discuss a critical issue that affects us all: the environmental impact of mining tailings in our community. As we gather here, I want to emphasize the importance of collaboration and collective action in addressing this pressing concern.

By Hassen Lorgat. IOL Opinion, 25 July 2025

Last week (July 17, 2025) we participated in a demonstration when a group failed with hate, marched to the offices of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri). While Seri were targeted by this group which one journalist called “vigilante anti-immigration group Operation Dudula”, they were attacking something much wider: our democracy.

David Kinley’s book, In a Rain of Dust, tells a Dickensian tale of men and women killed by the mining of asbestos and the lawyer who fought for them. It reads like a well-crafted thriller rather than the diary of a very complicated lawsuit.

By Hein du Plessis, The Conversation