The award of a controversial licence to Tendele Coal Mining to extend the activities of its Somkhele mine in the Mtubatuba district of KwaZulu-Natal has been set aside. High court judge blocks ...

extension of Pit 8, Somkhele Mine, near Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal Province Desktop Study For GCS Water & Environmental Consultants 19 January 2019 ... operated and owned by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd. Is the intention of the owners of Somkhele Mine to extend its existing Luhlanga opencast pit (Area 8) by approximately 18 ha. ...

[37] In addition, Tendele has, inter alia, constructed new homes with water as well as sewerage and electricity infrastructure for community members who were required to be relocated by Tendele; provided local communities with potable water delivered by water tankers since 2015 at a cost of R100 000.00 a month as the Mtubatuba Municipality was ...

Somkhele/Tendele with the purpose of "closing Tendele Mine". During the 2020 COVID pandemic, the Somkhele MCEJO learned (through press reports and comments made by Ms Youens), that MCEJO wanted to close the mine 7 out of the 9 Somkhele MCEJO executive members (Ms Ntshangase was one of the remaining 2) claim they had no wish to close the mine,

The Somkhele-based Tendele Coal Mine has begun in earnest to prepare for the resumption of its operations. On Monday, in the eMalahleni area, the relocation of graves was …

Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation and Others v Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others (3518/2023P) [2023] ZAKZPHC 72; [2023] 3 All SA 768 (KZP) (13 July 2023) ... relates to an area of the Somkhele Mine (the mine) to which Tendele wishes to extend its ... The Somkhele mine is the only major employer in the Mtubatuba area ...

The Somkhele open cast coal mine is only 10 kilometers upstream from Mtubatuba on the Mfolozi river as well as the proposed Fuleni mine (see case on the EJAtlas) opposed by locals. The mine operated without a water use license until August 2014. It was therefore violating national mining and water use laws during its first 8 years.

Proprietary Limited (Tendele) in respect of its Somkhele Mine near Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal. The Court application by the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organization (MCEJO) …

Petmin's Somkhele mine 85km northwest of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal is operated by its 80% owned subsidiary Tendele Coal Mining, with 20% held by a trust for the benefit of the …

Tendele Coal Mining, 80%-owned by JSE-listed miner Petmin, has operated the Somkhele mine in northern KwaZulu-Natal since 2007. The mine's coal resources are almost depleted... Subscribe now to ...

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The high court in Pietermaritzburg has given Petmin's Tendele Mining the green light to commence with mine expansion activities at its Somkhele anthracite coal mine in rural KwaZulu-Natal. In a judgment handed down last week, the court dismissed an application brought by a community environmental justice group to interdict the mining activity.

DURBAN - Anti-mining activists say that Tendele Coal Mining's plans to expand the activities of its Somkhele mine in the Mtubatuba District of KwaZulu-Natal have resulted in …

TENDELE Coal Company says its Somkhele anthracite mine in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has operated for nearly 14 years without hiccough.Now, however, the company is embroiled in a complex legal and ethical dispute which has been given public vent following the murder on October 22 of Fikile Ntshangase, an environmental activist who …

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Tendele Mining's Somkhele mine, allowing it to continue operations. ... Tendele Mining, which is 80% owned by diversified miner Petmin, has operated the Somkhele mine since 2007. With the coal mine's resources almost depleted, the company announced plans to extend the resource to keep its ...

On November 15, 2023, Daily Maverick published an article about the Tendele Mine titled, "When you drive from Mfolozi to Mtubatuba, you can smell the sadness in the air", co-authored by ...

5 000 applications for 100 jobs: Community tense as operations restart at Somkhele coal mine Lisa Steyn Comments Gift article. Bookmark. Share your Subscriber Article. You have 5 ... Community tensions persist around the Somkhele mine owned by Tendele Mining. (Rob /Netwerk24)

Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Petmin,1 has been operating the Somkhele Coal Mine in northern KwaZulu-Natal since 2007. This open coal cast mine is located on …

Urgent interdict applicatio­n against Tendele Coal Mining - Gaddafi Zulu ENVIRONMEN­TAL groups against the operating of Somkhele coal mine near Mtubatuba have brought an urgent applicatio­n to interdict the resumption of mining operations. The Pietermari­tzburg High Court is expected to on 4 April hear the applicatio­n, which ...

PressReader. Catalog; For You; Zululand Observer - Weekender. Somkhele communitie­s vote in favour of coal mine - Gaddafi Zulu . IN a secret ballot organised by the traditiona­l council and overseen by the SAPS, two communitie­s in Somkhele outside Mtubatuba voted overwhelmi­ngly in favour of Tendele Coal Mine continuing its operations.

Tendele's human rights abuses and negative impacts on the lives and livelihoods of the greater Mpukunyoni area, where Somkhele is situated, will be tabled in various reports, including the South African Human Rights Commission's recently released report on hearings with mining affected communities that include Somkhele. Meanwhile, Tendele ...

to a Mining Right and an environmental management programme (EMPr) held by Tendele Coal Mining Proprietary Limited (Tendele) in respect of its Somkhele Mine near Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal. The Court application by the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organization (MCEJO) and others sought to set aside Tendele's Mining Right and EMPr ...

Mining Right Area 1: mining activities north of the Mfolozi River. Mining Right Area 2: Waste rock dumps in background. Somkhele Coal Mine, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Petmin,1 has been operating the Somkhele Coal Mine in northern KwaZulu-Natal since 2007.

Somkhele Coal Mine. Phone Number: +27393150293, 039 3150293. Website: Suggest Official Website . Categories: Local Business ... 273m Tendele Coal Mining, Mtubatuba 487m Tendele Coal Mine ...

TENDELE Mining is heading back to court after fresh legal objection to the reopening of the controversial Somkhele coal mine near Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal was being sought.. The coal producer said in a statement today the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO) had applied for an order to stop Tendele from recommencing …