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20 Things to take from 2020
In many obvious ways, the past year is a period that would best be forgotten. A once-in-a-century pandemic that brought with it a high death toll and sickness, loneliness and depression, economic pain and house evictions.
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Where there’s smoke
eMbalenhle township, settled in the coalfields of Mpumalanga province. These are the people over whom Sasol has always chosen its profits. These are their stories.
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Combatting Gender-Based Violence during COVID-19
With the threat of the current climate crisis, economic recession and the COVID-19 global pandemic, the women of South Africa face another threat daily – gender-based violence (GBV).
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Renewable Energy is key in closing the gap for off-grid rural communities.
Rural communities have so far not been able to access stable and affordable power. Renewable energy should be used to bridge the gap for off-grid communities and reduce the effects of climate change.
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‘We treat human beings like waste by ignoring or brutalising them’
Informal communities that rely on the collection and sale of recyclable waste for survival are under threat from all sides. Marius Sullivan explores the fragile existence of the ‘Bagerezi’ in Tshwane
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Prioritise Environmental Protection in The U.S.-Kenya FTA
The recent media article by the US Ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter, gives a clear indication that the US is willing to proceed with the Free Trade Agreement with Kenya.
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When despair wins and disaster takes over off the coast of Senegal and Europe
On this World Fisheries Day, fishing communities all along the coastline of Senegal are paying tribute to colleagues and friends who are losing their lives at sea in attempts to reach the shores of Europe in their canoes.
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Marekani Yatumia Mbinu Kudhalilisha Sheria za Kimazingira
Kenya na Marekani wamezindua awamu ya pili ya mazungumzo ya kibiashara, siku chache tu baada ya kinyang’aniro cha uchaguzi huko Marekani.
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Extreme weather: Durban… Easter 2019
Living in Durban has its advantages, golden beaches, good all-year weather and we always seem to be on holiday to the rest of South Africa
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As COVID-19 locks down West Africa, its waters remain open to plunder
In the West African region and in Senegal in particular, the fishing sector has faced many difficulties in recent decades. The containment imposed by COVID-19 has been a godsend for the plunderers of West Africa's maritime resources.