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Durban NPO calls for unity as we mark Africa Day Updated
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A local NPO says xenophobia, gender inequality and environmental justice are just some of the burning issues that need to be resolved on the African continent.
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The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance says we need to engage and have meaningful conversations about these challenges.
The group s Serelee Odayar says unity should be our focus, as we mark Africa Day on Tuesday. We have seen for many years in South Africa that xenophobia has reached havoc in South Africa - in Durban particularly. And we know that this needs to stop and there needs to be unity in South Africa amongst all nations, all creeds and colours and that it why we need to show solidarity to the rest of Africa - that we are standing with you.
Why SA civil society groups are pressing ahead with charging Israeli leaders with war crimes
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While a ceasefire is in place between Israel and Hamas as of 2am Friday morning, the effects of the bombardment of civilians will be felt for years to come, and the destruction of peoples’ lives, homes, the murder of family members, many of them children, will írreversibly scare the next generation of Palestinians living in Gaza.
The psychological effects on Palestinian children is overwhelming, and the inability of parents in so many families to provide for them now that their homes and possessions have been destroyed by Israeli bombs is acutely dire. Employment is near impossible to find in Gaza, so tens of thousands will be living at the mercy of aid agencies and the UN relief agency, which simply cannot cope.
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DURBAN, South Africa, May 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A fter heavy rains swept away Nomandla Nqanula’s tin shack two years ago, she would pray whenever she saw clouds gathering over the fast-growing Quarry Road informal settlement in Durban.
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But these days, a WhatsApp group on her smartphone pings with flood warnings and another city-designed app reminds her and 14 other residents to monitor flooding risks and river pollution near her home.