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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…
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…
Climate Justice Critique of South African Political Parties. What are the commitments of the ANC, DA and EFF to a Deep Just Transition to Sustain Life?
https://www.safsc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Climate-Justice-Critique-of-Parties_9-April-2019.pdf (Original) Introduction South Africa goes to its 5th national elections on May 8th, 2019, with 48 contesting parties. This is in a context in which inequality is worsening, costs of living are going up…
We Need Courage, Not Hope, To Face Climate Change
BY KATE MARVEL (@DRKATEMARVEL), CONTRIBUTING EDITOR As a climate scientist, I am often asked to talk about hope. Particularly in the current political climate, audiences want to be told that everything will be all right…
Biodiversity crisis: Habitat loss and climate change causing 6th mass extinction * 2012
Original Article posted byJohn Englart Scientists meeting at the University of Copenhagen have warned that biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world, describing the loss of species as the 6th mass extinction event on the…
Plight of the Amadiba community
The dispute began in 2008, when the Amadiba community contested the government’s decision to award mineral rights in the area. (Original) It is now more than a month after the date committed to and there…
Xolobeni MRC
The following comes from this post from the Centre for Environmental Rights in 2016: MRC is an Australian listed mining company with various subsidiaries in South Africa. MRC subsidiary Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd operates…
