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Eskom court ruling kicks consumers while we’re down
This week, the high court ruled in favour of Eskom in its legal battle with the National Energy Regulator NERSA, allowing Eskom to implement further…
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Hope for Senegal’s plastic-free future amid COVID-19
New research backed by over a hundred medical experts worldwide confirms that reusables are safe to use during the current global COVID-19 pandemic, for as long as proper hygiene practices…
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Systems Change is the answer. People Change is the authentic solution
I have never experienced anything of the same magnitude as what we are currently going through. 2020 is the year of disruption.
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Keep Your Promise Mr. President, We Need 100% Green Energy This Year
Kenya has been severely hit by unseasonable heavy rains and an unprecedented infestation of locusts, that is devastating agricultural production. Heavy floods that are hitting the country have resulted in…
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The Story of Plastic is an eye opener into the global plastic pollution crisis
What does an anti-oil & gas activist in Houston, Texas, have in common with a lawyer advocating for plastic bag bans in Jakarta, Indonesia, and a waste picker in Delhi,…
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140+ Africans on Zoom action to #SaveCongoRainforest on Biodiversity Day
May 22, Johannesburg – More than 140 activists from across Africa gathered today in a Zoom action on the International Day of Biodiversity. Youth activists in Africa and around the…
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#SaveCongoRainforest Zoom Action on World Biodiversity Day
Speech by Vanesa Nakate
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34 Plastic Bans in Africa | A Reality Check
Africa has come a long way on the journey to creating a single-use plastic-free world with many victorious milestones to celebrate across the continent. We’ve been said to be leading…
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Africa’s Exploding Plastic Nightmare
ROSEMARY NYAMBURA SPENDS her weekends collecting plastic with her aunt Miriam in the Dandora dump in Nairobi. Because the bottles they sell to other plastics traders are mixed in with discarded…
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Eskom seeks to deepen South Africa’s air pollution crisis
15 May 2020, Johannesburg — Media reported today that Eskom is seeking to delay the closure of three of its ancient coal-fired power stations – Grootvlei, Camden and Hendrina. In…