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Eskom continues to derail into delusion and disaster
Johannesburg, 30 January 2019 – Recent media reports in South Africa have indicated that Eskom continues to decline in tangibly frightening ways. In the last day, local media have reported…
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South Africa encouraged to take note: German Coal Commission releases plan for a coal phase-out by 2035 – 2038
Johannesburg, 29 January, 2019 — The German Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment (known also as the Coal Commission) has agreed to a coal phase-out plan for Germany. This…
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Mpumalanga community’s courage commended by Greenpeace Africa
Johannesburg, 28 January 2019 – Greenpeace Africa celebrates the North Gauteng High Court’s refusal to hear Atha-Africa Ventures’ application to appeal a decision barring them from establishing a 15-year mine…
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Greenpeace Africa & Cameroonian Artists Launch Campaign Against Land Grabbing
Douala, 11 December 2018- Greenpeace Africa in partnership with Nsang Dilong, Freddy Kristel and Alene Menget today launched a campaign against land grabbing using videos and online petition in Cameroon.…
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Rapid investments in renewable energy the most obvious solution to load shedding
South Africa, Johannesburg, 5 December 2018 — As Eskom once again implements rotational load-shedding – which may go on for years – in South Africa, Climate and Energy Campaigner for…
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Environmental Stakeholders Interrogate Sudcam
Yaoundé, 22nd November 2018- The negative socioeconomic and environmental repercussions of Sudcam activities in the South of Cameroon has prompted stakeholders from government and civil society to undertake a field…
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Sudcam: bleeding the forest and its dependent communities
I had the opportunity to do a field visit to communities impacted by Sud-Cameroun Hévéa (“Sudcam”), a rubber plantation company situated in the South region of Cameroon. Sudcam is a…
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Biodiversity at the periphery: We must urgently act to safeguard it
The international community is currently gathered in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt for the 14th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – an international treaty…
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Greenpeace Africa responds to the appointment of Nomvula Mokonyane as new Minister of Environmental Affairs
“Greenpeace Africa takes this opportunity to congratulate Minister Nomvula Mokonyane on her appointment as Minister of Environmental Affairs, as announced today by President Cyril Ramaphosa. We would however like to…
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Department of Environment in denial of air pollution crisis in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, 21 November 2018 — It comes as no surprise that the Department of Environmental Affairs has taken the position of defending mega-polluters on air pollution in…