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Billions for major climate-damaging projects

By Claus Hecking Published December 10th, 2020, 6:29 am here The German bank supported with billions loans companies are behind some of the major projects klimaschädlichsten fossil fuels for the production. This is a key…

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Cape Town’s approach to homeless people is cruel and expensive

1 September 2020   By Brett Herron published by Groundup It would have been more affordable to offer people decent accommodation than the Strandfontein camp Homeless people in the now closed Strandfontein camp tried, in…

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XR Mzansi a journey towards system change

Amanda Buhle Mbalo – XRMzansi Let me introduce myself, I am Amanda Buhle Mbalo from Mdantsane, one of the Townships in East London in the Eastern Cape.  For me this journey started with a call…

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Two years after landmark silicosis settlement, no one has been paid

20 July 2020   By James Stent Original Article: GroundUP https://www.groundup.org.za/article/two-years-after-r5-billion-silicosis-settlement-no-one-has-been-paid/ Tshiamiso Trust says terms were only reached in late 2019 and Covid-19 has delayed the process Hundreds of thousands of ex-miners, or their families,…

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The Politic of Blood’: Political Repression in South Africa ‘

Dossier 31 By: Kerry Ryan Chance https://www.thetricontinental.org/dossier-31-political-repression-in-south-africa/ August 4, 2020 An Anti-Eviction Campaign activist gazes at the construction site of the Delft transit camp, a ‘temporary relocation area’ for people evicted from shacks closer to…

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AIR POLLUTION IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19

27 July 2020 – Mfidikoe village By Velile Khoza Here in Mfidikoe village Rustenburg we saw communities suffer the consequences of air pollution from tailing dams . This tailing dams are so toxic to the…

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Lockdown cigarette ban violates social distancing

Did the lockdown cigarette ban prevent the sharing of cigarettes, or force people who never shared before, to do so now? Under lockdown level 4, a box of cigarettes cost over R100 (or R10 a…

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The Biggest Thieves Of all

Once again the only ones who will profit are the (white ) mining companies and their owners. While people die of thirst and the dams of the country are drying up, they are selling the rights to our water to Nestle and other international corporations. This is part of a trend by international conglomerates to privatize the world’s water supply. At the same time they are limiting the individual’s right to harvest water.

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Rebellions don’t end – they regenerate

By Extinction Rebellion October 20, 2019 Source: Extinction Rebellion It’s difficult to imagine the number of rebels currently feeling exhausted, disorientated, and proud. Though we know it’s not over for everyone, this week saw the…

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Fighting Fossil Fuels in South Africa: Campaigners Invoke Specters of Climate Chaos by Patrick Bond found on CounterPunch Sept 2019 South Africa is one of the most difficult places to combat fossil fuels, including the…

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