Small scale fishers and coastal communities against Karpowership project
Small-scale fishers and coastal communities say that their livelihoods would be harmed by the Karpowership project.
Month: September 2021
Kliptown residents threaten election boycott
Filthy toilets, illegal electricity and dilapidated houses a sore point for residents of Vaalkamers.
Khayelitsha residents protest against overflowing sewage
Residents of Site B in Khayelitsha protest the area’s sewer system while the City of Cape Town blames them for blockages and overflow.
Tyeni villagers still live in fear after Sept 4 attack
Tyeni villagers endure many hardships to access basic necessities and they feel unsafe in their homes and neglected by government.
Climate activists call for sustainable solutions
Activists called for a change of leadership at the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, and for the capitalist economy to be uprooted.
Alex informal settlement residents remain defiant
City Power’s latest effort to remove illegal connections will, like previous raids, prove futile as no legal supply of electricity even exists in these informal settlements.
For India’s stigmatised and exploited sanitation workers, the pandemic has only made conditions worse
It is barely 5am and Borun Haari* is already out on the streets of Kolkata, pushing his waste handcart. A door-to-door garbage collector and street […]
Deep-sea mining: civil society sounds the alarm on the threat posed to biodiversity
Sometimes referred to as the ‘oil of the 21st century’, metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese are used to make the batteries that power […]
No end in sight to water crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay
Droughts are expected to become more frequent in southern Africa as climate change heralds extreme weather events globally.
Ramaphosa residents demand foul jobs
Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement say they want the company contracted to clean their toilets to employ people on shorter term bases to make more jobs available.
Long way to peace in Phoenix
KZN Premier, Sihle Zikalala, led the peace walk in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe launches National Labour Migration Policy to help protect migrant workers
Although there is no reliable data, with an estimated 4 to 7 million people living outside of the country, Zimbabwe has one of the highest […]
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