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International Mother Earth Day, Plaas webinars on clima...

Stellenbosch University to host discussion about social justice and the water, energy and food nexus; and webinars on climate change.

No dam help: SA hit by water disaster, but minister say...

The lack of water in many areas is a disaster, but the government seems to be burying its head in the sand. Meanwhile people are suffering.

The just transition: A once-in-a-generation chance for...

Melissa Fourie is the executive director of the Centre for Environmental Rights and a member of the Presidential Climate Commission. Earlier this month, political instigation allowed the powder keg of inequality in our country to explode on to our streets and shopping malls. The extreme pressure of poverty, unemployment, hunger, and violence all exacerbated by the unending Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown measures was on stark display. The centre barely held. Imagine adding the ravages of the climate crisis to this crisis of extreme inequality. Right now, at an average global temperature increase of 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels, South Africa is already reeling from a prolonged drought and other disruptions to ecosystems and food crops. In the northern hemisphere, deadly heatwaves, fires, and extreme flooding this summer have found many governments unprepared.

'The world and South Africa is watching. Why hasn't...

South Africa is turning on itself