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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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Greenpeace Africa mourns Kenya’s flood victims and calls for urgent climate action
Nairobi woke up on Saturday to streets turned to rivers, homes submerged, and families torn apart.