Managers of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal say they are still committed to further engagement with community leaders over recent attempts to occupy land in the southern Futululu section of the park — but have also pledged to not ‘fold their arms’ in the face of the land invasion.
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There have been a lot of discussions on the urgency of climate change. But it’s universally accepted that the steps that have been agreed to stop global warming are too little too late.
Why is this?
Inequality polarises societies and makes them less inclined to act for the common good. Getty…
This report is based on research into three mining companies operating in the Sekhukhune area of Limpopo and the experiences of local mining-affected communities. This research was undertaken by a team from Sekhukhune Combined Mining Affected Communities, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and…
En Afrique du Sud, la Land Bank fait partie des compagnies publiques qui font face à d’importantes difficultés financières, mais les différents efforts de sortie de crise consentis depuis quelques mois semblent porter leurs fruits.
En Afrique du Sud, la Banque chargée du crédit agricole et…
Residents of Macleantown near East London say wealthy outsiders are grabbing land from them, with the complicity of municipal officials. Buffalo City denies it but has launched a probe.
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Photo: Johnnie Isaac
The Macleantown Residents’ Association claims that Buffalo City municipal officials are…
Des membres de l’ethnie la plus ancienne d’Afrique du Sud sont installés depuis trois ans devant le siège de la présidence, à Pretoria
L’autoproclamé "roi Khoïsan" a été arrêté le 12 janvier 2022, puis libéré le lendemain, pour avoir planté illégalement du dagga (marijuana) dans le potager de son…
‘Our heritage is not for sale,’ say Khoisan members as they legally oppose the development of what will house Amazon’s Africa operations headquarters.
Members of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous community perform a cleansing ceremony and prayer before walking to the Western Cape High Court…
Environment department lays charges against state diamond miner over use of “coffer dams”
Alexkor in Port Nolloth is facing criminal charges for buiding coffer dams to hold back the ocean. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has laid criminal charges…
KNP in perspective (Part One)
The Kruger National Park and its complex history of conservation and dispossession
By the 1950s, Kruger Park had become a global ‘must-see’ destination for tourists. Photo: SANParks Archives
By Don Pinnock
Entering the Transvaal Lowveld for the first time, a Scot…
An anthracite mine in rural KwaZulu-Natal which has operated for more than 30 years and has reportedly been involved in several controversies during this time involving water pollution, illegal mine expansion and water shortages in neighbouring rural communities, experienced a slurry dam collapse…
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, a prominent South African Advocate and author writing an Op-Ed in the Mail and Guardian on 8th January, provides in depth analysis of the failure by South Africa's ANC ruling party to address land issues. He argues that "the backstory to the formation of the ANC (in 1912) was…
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Cenários políticos e humanitários conturbados fizeram com que milhões de pessoas saíssem de seus países em busca de melhores condições de vida
Das multidões sob uma ponte na fronteira dos Estados Unidos com o México e venezuelanos caminhando pela América Latina…