“Anglo American Platinum filed SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) against a South African (public interest) lawyer Richard Spoor, who represented indigenous communities affected by platinum mining on tribal land,” the blog post stated.
The post further stated that Anglo American obtained an order “interdicting two tribal chiefs from interfering with their mining operations and had them arrested with charges of intimidation and trespass”.
The post highlighted that security forces opened fire on mineworkers using rubber bullets in October 2012.
It is stated that the mining group is also polluting areas in Brazil “which caused water contamination and genetic mutations”.