Are Africa’s climate negotiators ready for COP24?
Africa’s efficacy in global climate negotiations may only have been the subject of a short session during a two-day workshop on climate change in Africa […]
Landless
Why developing countries should boost the ways of small-scale farming
Industrial agriculture – farming that involves the intensive production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops – is one of the most environmentally destructive forms of […]
Intersectionality is key to women’s struggles
A seminar was held on Tuesday, 28 August on the challenges facing women’s access to resources from the land and sea.
Vigilantism causes tensions in Blikkiesdorp
Blikkiesdorp is on a knife edge following the burning of shacks of those accused of habouring thugs and gangsters.
Latin America’s environmental challenge
For the 45 million indigenous people of Latin America, their link with the environment goes beyond its potential use as a resource to a spiritual […]
Farmworkers and housing organisations support amendment of Constitution
The final hearing on the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution was held in Cape Town this past weekend.
Expropriate land within existing law
AFRA argues that the expropriation of land that labour tenants and farm dwellers currently live on and use must be tested under the existing legal framework.
Siyahlala community leader’s shack demolished
Four accused of destroying shack belonging to a community leader of the Siyahlala land occupation in Khayelitsha appear in court,
Illegal logging and poverty fuel local tensions in southern Senegal
In the early hours of 6 April 2018 Mustapha Gueye awoke to the buzz of a chainsaw outside his home in Sam Yero Gueye, a […]
Mass evictions from social housing complex
About 30 families in Steenberg were evicted from their homes in Steenvilla complex on Wednesday. Steenvilla is the largest social housing complex in Cape Town with over 700 units.
City of Cape Town accused of dividing the community
A meeting between leadership of the Vrygrond community and the City of Cape Town, after several stand-offs between law enforcement officers and backyarders who have attempted to occupy vacant land, has not taken place even though a date was set.
In DR Congo, the world’s second largest forest is being ravaged as landless communities struggle for their rights
Thousands of logs loaded into makeshift boats at the port of Inongo at Lake Mai-Ndombe stand ready to be transported to Kinshasa, the capital of […]
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