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Gwede Mantashe betrays his legacy
South Africans ushered 2021 out the door with a momentous victory when the Makhanda High Court in Grahamstown ordered Shell to cease their seismic blasting along the Wild Coast. But the challenge to Shell's activities made Gwede Mantashe see red.
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NDC Write-up for Zutari Report
Global greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere are rapidly increasing as a result of anthropogenic activities. Due to their radiative properties, GHGs are attributed to global warming and climate change.
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Bees in Crisis: Toxic insecticides a threat to food security
Bees play a critical role in food and nutrition security in Kenya through cross-pollination. They are also a source of income for farmers, through products such as honey, pollen, beeswax, propolis and royal jelly.
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Letter to H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
Save the Congo Basin Rainforest
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To stop greenwashing deforestation – banks too must be reined in
Mbil Thomas was a central stop in the hunting and gathering routes of Indigenous Baka People in Cameroon’s rainforest. Its trees provided fruit and honey and medicine for pregnant women…
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Plastic Industry’s Interference in African Governance Must Stop Now
The latest scandal involving leaked documents exposing the South African government’s intent to oppose a proposed global treaty of plastic bans is just the most recent example of how the…
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Agricultural policies in Kenya have been designed to oppress farmers and profit multinational corporations
Smallholder farmers produce 75% of the food consumed in Kenya today. Yet the Kenyan government is facilitating their exploitation and oppression by Multinational Corporations through draconian agricultural laws. Quite contradictory…
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Harmful Chemicals Undermine the Right to Safe Food
On Monday the 7th of June 2021, the world commemorated World Food Safety Day, a day keen on bringing attention and inspiring action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne…
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Karpowership deal reeks of state capture
The Department of Energy and Mineral Resources (DEMR) announced Karpowership as one of the eight preferred bidders for the procurement of emergency electricity for bid-window five. Karpowership, a Turkish Karadeniz…
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President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions must include land-rights for forest communities
The article was originally published in Climate Home News on March 16, 2021
