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Using Zai pits to harvest scanty rain water
The 2019 March to May long rains have been scanty, unreliable and inconsistent. In Ikombe, Machakos county, Muthama; a seasoned farmer, embarked on early planting of kidney beans in order…
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Biodiversity loss: urgent need for forest, ocean protection and dietary change
Paris, 6 May 2019 – The UN’s biodiversity report warning of mass species loss due to human impacts must spark urgent action to protect the world’s forests and oceans and…
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Greenpeace Africa volunteers handover Plastic Ban petition to top political parties
27 April 2019, South Africa – Greenpeace Africa volunteers from across South Africa visited the head offices of each of South Africa’s top political parties to deliver a petition calling…
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South Africa’s uncertain energy future – lessons from Germany
Germany is well known for its phase-out of nuclear energy that began as a response to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. Now, the powerhouse of the European Union has finally…
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Industrial logging in the DRC: 24 null and void concessions need to be immediately returned to the state
As of January 2019, 24 industrial logging concession contracts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amounting to 4,5 million hectares, are null and void, because their concessionaires failed…
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Nestlé, Unilever, Coca Cola and Diageo double-down on recycling myth across Africa
Nairobi, 27 March 2019 – Nestlé, Unilever, The Coca Cola Company and Diageo announced plans today to improve the collection and recycling of plastics across Africa by launching the Africa Plastics…
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Activists scale statues to draw attention to deaths caused by Eskom’s air pollution
Johannesburg, 14 March 2019 — Activists from Greenpeace Africa scaled several iconic statues across Johannesburg and Pretoria this morning to demand action on air pollution. The activists fitted the statues with emergency…
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Eskom intentionally misleads the public and decision-makers
11 March 2019, Johannesburg — Today, Greenpeace Africa has released a scientific review[1] of Eskom’s own cost-benefit analysis for its proposed postponement and/or suspension from compliance with the Minimum Emission…
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Finance Minister misleads South Africa
Johannesburg, 22 February 2019 — Responding to the news that the total amount of Eskom’s bailout is in fact R150 billion: R23 billion over ten years, instead of R23 billion…
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Ramaphosa takes big step in the right direction
Johannesburg, 7 February 2019 — In response to the President’s State of the Nation Address, Greenpeace Africa’s Political Advisor, Happy Khambule, has said: “Greenpeace Africa welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement…
