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Greenpeace Africa Analysis reveals Johannesburg Power Outages are graver than City Power wants you to believe
The chronic under-resourcing of infrastructure in Johannesburg has long plagued residents of this once world-class African city. One of the ways in which this has chiefly impacted residents is energy access. As winter rears its ugly head, once again, residents of Johannesburg are forced to contend not only with load shedding imposed by Eskom but…
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Capital Markets Day: Sasol needs to raise ambitions amid unemployment crisis
21 September, Johannesburg — Greenpeace Africa challenges Sasol to raise its ambitions beyond profit and towards justice. Tomorrow, according to Sasol, it will release its emissions reduction roadmap to 2050…
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Misguided Mike Muller
It bears repeating: Muller's article in Business Day offers an extremely misguided opinion on the imaginary value of pumping Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere based on some rickety premises and a lack of appreciation of reality.
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Bravery and courage – an activists story
Feeling helpless hanging above Jozi, you watch strips of the banner fall to the ground but then you hear “AMANDLA!” and you see your team member with their fist raised in the air and you say “AWETHU!” and remember that you are not alone,
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My Exhilarating Decade of Thrills
My love affair with GPAF started in January 2011 when I joined the organisation as a full-time employee, though I had flirted with the organisation as a volunteer for a few months before. I was freshly out of the newsroom in Cameroon, when I traveled to South Africa and took up my Masters studies.
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Greenpeace Africa Volunteers Demand Accountability From United Phosphorus Limited
Greenpeace Africa volunteers have launched a petition demanding accountability from United Phosphorus Limited following the July explosion of their chemical warehouse in Cornubia in Durban.
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No Cause For Celebration this Women’s Month – Advocacy Groups Outraged
South Africa, August 06, 2021 – We cannot celebrate this Women’s Month when South African women are suffering. The spiralling status of women in the country has prompted its leading…
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Everything you should know about single-use plastic
Single-use plastic is a massive issue that still isn’t being taken seriously
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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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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS DEMANDS DFFE PUBLICLY COMMIT TO GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY
Greenpeace Africa and its #BreakFreeFromPlastic partners have launched a campaign urging the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) to reconsider its stance on a new global plastics treaty and publicly commit to its support.