Land Is Africa’s Best Hope for Climate Adaptation: It Must Be the Focus at COP30
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
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How Fishers Live on the Olifants River
The Ebenhaeser community hope to be at the centre of South African mullet fishing
Climate Tipping Points Are Close: Scientists Urge Radical Action Before It’s Too Late
Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically accelerated climate action can stop them now.
Child Commissioner Urged to Focus on Tackling Hunger, Bullying and Sexual Predation
I wrote to the new Western Cape Commissioner for Children today to congratulate her on her appointment, from the beginning of last month, and offered to assist her in developing an action plan focusing on three areas of crisis for children.
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Daybreak Foods workers march for TERS funds
PIC-owned poultry farm was placed in business rescue in July
Ecological Disaster in the Hemel-En-Aarde Valley
The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources
Child Support Grant Has Saved Millions of Children, but There Is Still a Way to Go
7.8-million children remain below the food poverty line
Pensioners Ask Parliament to Increase Grant to R5,000
“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”
Double Standards in Saldanha Bay: MMC for Finance Fails to Pay His Own Municipal Account
At the last Council meeting on 28 October, the GOOD Party raised a fundamental question: Why are ordinary residents cut off from electricity and water over a few hundred rands in arrears...
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Official Implicated in Corruption Appointed Head of KZN Social Development
Onkemetse Edwin Kabasia is implicated by multiple forensic investigations into procurement irregularities in Gauteng
EPWP Workers March for Permanent Jobs and Better Pay
Pay is too little to survive on, workers say
Child Support Grant Must Be Increased to End Child Hunger, Report Says
The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019
Cable Thieves Strike Again in Kempton Park
The Ekurhuleni Metro’s failure to secure power infrastructure has left large parts of Kempton Park without electricity since cable thieves struck again three days ago. The affected areas are Pomona, Pomona Estate, Brentwood Park and parts of Glen Marais. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is inundated with calls from residents complaining that their perishable […]
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Farm Attack and Rise in Livestock Theft Around Heilbron
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) condemns last weekend’s brutal farm attack in the Heilbron area, in which a farm worker was murdered and his wife seriously injured during a livestock theft incident. According to reports, 11 attackers stole sheep and brutally assaulted the couple. Thanks to the swift response by the police and local […]
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Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Workers March in Maseru as AGOA Uncertainty Threatens Thousands of Jobs
Protest, originally banned, proceeded after police minister gave it the go-ahead
Where Did the First People Come From? The Case for a Coastal Migration From Southern Africa
A coastal migration up and out of Africa was more likely to succeed than an overland journey.
Filthy, Broken Toilets and Teachers Urinating Behind Bushes: A Groundup Investigation Finds Limpopo’s Schools Have Not Yet Been Fixed
Ten years after the Michael Komape tragedy, many schools still need proper toilets
City of Cape Town Contractors Mess Up
Rubbish piles up as City dumps cleaning companies which don’t meet obligations
Farm Attack in Heidelberg Once Again Highlights Rural Safety Shortcomings
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly condemns the brutal farm attack on Jan and Elna Dhooge of Schikfontein outside Heidelberg. This attack, which took place on Tuesday evening, is not only a crime against two beloved community members, but also a shocking reminder of the unacceptable levels of violence associated with farm attacks and […]
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Yaoundé Is Set to Sizzle at 38°C by 2030: How Green Design Could Cool Cameroon’s Capital
Public ponds, fountains and new reflective buildings are needed to protect Yaoundé’s people from the heat island effect.
Homegrown Bicycle Delivery Service Creates Jobs for Youth in Langa
Groceries and takeaways are delivered where big companies don’t reach
Child Support Grant Cannot Feed a Child
Cost of meeting a child’s nutritional needs exceeds R560 grant
Outrage as Cape Town Rubbish Removal Company Fails to Pay Workers
City of Cape Town says it will strengthen checks and balances when appointing contractors in the future