The government must require SANRAL to meet communities directly, conduct a genuine mid-term review, assess the inland route honestly and prioritise local road repair as the real engine of inclusive development

Marikana was a precursor to Stifontein and show the lengths to which the state would go to punish people in protection of corporate interests, particularly in the mining industry

He is one of six defendants who this week an reached out-of-court settlement with an Australian mining company in a long-running defamation battle