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Fields of gold PART 1: Community voices on extractive economies from the Richtersveld
There is a storm brewing on the West Coast of South Africa. This coastline is well accustomed to storms; powerful groundswells brew in the South-West Atlantic and travel thousands of kilometers to reach these shores. For several thousand years South Africa’s indigenous people built lives and cultures on this coast. But today a different storm…
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The Ritz-Carlton case was dismissed. The Maasai Mara concerns were not.
Last week, the Environment and Land Court in Narok dismissed the petition challenging the Ritz-Carlton Maasai Mara Safari Camp. The court ruled that the case had been filed prematurely and that the matter should first go through the National Environment Tribunal and other statutory environmental processes before reaching the judiciary.
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A Youth Story: How Free Creative Spaces Helped Build a Youth-Led Movement
Ubunifu is a cornerstone for youth who desire to create change and have no idea where to start, or just want a hand to gently push them, as they did for us.
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Reheating plastic food containers: what science says about microplastics and chemicals in ready meals
Scientific research increasingly shows that heating food in plastic packaging can release microplastics and plastic chemicals into the food we eat.
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From Recognition to Results: The African Union Commission must deliver in 2026
Recognition was important. But recognition alone would not protect forests, secure water or strengthen sovereignty. One year later, the question is no longer whether the African Union understands the stakes.
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Greenpeace Africa opens Mauritius office: let’s protect the Indian Ocean as High Seas Treaty comes into force
The wait is over. Yesterday, our environmental movement across Africa got a little bigger. We are proud to announce that Greenpeace Africa has officially opened its doors in Port Louis, Mauritius.
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The 1999 jeans I never threw away
Remembering what fashion forgot: why keeping what we have might just save the planet.
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Transition minerals at COP30 & G20: the future was decided in a single week
The world has just witnessed a rare alignment of global decision-making. As the final hours of COP30 in Belém collided with the last days of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, two arenas shaped the future of the mineral-powered transition.
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The Ritz-Carlton luxury lodge threatening Maasai livelihoods, the Great Migration and Kenyan pride
Community members, wildlife experts and long-time guides in the Maasai Mara have been raising concerns for months about the Ritz-Carlton Safari Camp being built along the Sand River. Their warnings, now supported by independent reporting, show a development that threatens the balance of the Mara ecosystem and sidelines the rights of the Maasai people whose…
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Wealth taxes to fund a Fair Future: A Call to the G20
When G20 leaders gather in South Africa later this month, they do so at a time when the world is a dangerous tipping point. From devastating floods to rising food prices, deepening inequality and skyrocketing debt in the Global South, multiple crises are converging and the international system meant to manage them is failing.