This study is an inquiry into why women were at war with oil companies in Nigeria and how they internationalized their struggle. Employing the Midnight Notes Collective’s concept of “the new enclosures”; Shiva, Mies, and Bennholdt-Thomsen’s “subsistence perspective”; and McMurtry’s concept of the “civil commons,” the study elaborates a “gendered class analysis”to consider the social anatomy of coordinated global actions by producers and consumers of oil.Part one examines the period from July 2002 to February 2003.

On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car accident in Johannesburg. According to Edna Mamonyane, Metro police spokesperson, the accident occurred at around 10pm on the M1 North, a road between Oxford and Houghton Drive. Joe Mafela was born in  Sibasa, Limpopo in 1942. Mafela’ s acting career started in 1964, when he featured in a film  by Peter Hunt, ‘Real News’. His popularity increased after he starred in Zulu language sitcom, “Sgudi  ‘Snaysi”.In this film, he played the leading character, named ‘Sdumo’.

On 2nd April 2018, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg.  She passed away in the morning surrounded by her family and loved ones.  Winnie is widely-known for the significant role she  played in the history of South Africa, particularly in the struggle against apartheid. She is also known as the ex-wife of the former president, Nelson Mandela. Winnie grew an  interest in politics at a young age, due to her experience of the oppression of black people during the apartheid era.

Rugby player, Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys High School, where he joined the rugby team. He was selected for the under- 15 squad in 2001 and the under-19 squad in 2004. Ralepelle made history in 2006 when he became the first Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a drug test that proved positive. It was later discovered though that an energy drink contained a banned substance.

Sharlto Copley was born in Pretoria on 27 November 1973. While still in high school, Copley began producing amateur theatre and film. He met his business partner Simon Hansen during his high school years at a Johannesburg private school. After completing high school, Copley and Hansen moved to Cape Town to start a production company.

Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it has caused nothing but grief... If we do not get rid of it, it will crucify us all.'