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A slanderous attack on a professor by a Khoi group supporting the controversial River Club development has resulted in the University of Cape Town issuing a statement attesting to his integrity and supporting his freedom to be involved in civic action in the interests of social justice.
The statement of support issued by UCT and the Faculty of Health Sciences on Thursday 27 May came after Professor Leslie London, who is the chair of the Observatory Civic Association, was targeted in an email apparently distributed by the First Nations Collective which supports the R4.5bn complex to be built on the River Club site at the confluence of the Liesbeek and Black River in Observatory. The River Club development is to include Amazon’s new African headquarters.
An attack on a UCT professor by a Khoi group supporting the controversial River Club development has resulted in the institution issuing a statement attesting to his integrity and supporting his freedom to be involved in civic action.
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Originally published in French at
Lundimatin. Translation by Bastian Still.
It was a genuine surprise when the Zapatistas published their communiqué “A Mountain on the High Seas” on October 5, 2020, announcing a tour of the EZLN (
Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) across five continents, starting with Europe. Even though the Zapatistas have not shied away from organizing initiatives in Chiapas and across Mexico the March of the Color of the Earth just 20 years ago is a case in point it is basically the first time since 1994 that they are leaving the borders of their homeland behind.
Then, on January 1 of this year, they published a
Brazil: the impacts of wildcat mining for women 06.05.2021 - Brasil de Fato - Pressenza London Illustration: The Struggle of Indigenous Women in Brazil - Fernando Bertolo
Indigenous peoples live in distress, anguish, and fear due to the illegal activity and the risk of mercury contamination
By Martha Raquel
Illicit mining activity has daily impacts on indigenous peoples in Brazil. Invasions ushered by wildcat mining meddle and disrupt the dynamics and lives of communities in the north of the country.
Women bear the brunt of wildcat mining, carrying a triple burden: besides suffering the effects of toxic mercury and caring for the sick in the communities, they are the victims of sexist and misogynistic forms of violence.