Nonhle Mbuthuma, Amadiba Crisis Committee, S. Africa, on struggle against destructive development

Nonhle Mbuthuma of the Amadiba community of Mpondoland, in South Africa's eastern Cape, is one of the leaders of the Amadiba Crisis Committee. This was formed in early 2000s to mobilise the community against proposed titanium mining (so far, still stalled), and has more recently also taken up struggles against seismic testing for oil & gas by Shell Corporation, in the oceans near their coast; against a proposed highway through the coastal area which is also a global biodiversity hotspot, and against a proposed Smart City. For their movement, Nonhle won the 2024 Goldman Prize with Sinegugu Zukulu (https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipien.... She talks here to Ashish Kothari about the movement, their material and spiritual connections to the land and ocean and other species, the alternative pathways of well-being they are proposing and trying, and more.