Enough is enough – Mantashe must step aside #UprootTheDMRE
The #UprootTheDMRE protests that took place from September 22nd to 27th, were one of the most powerful climate actions South…
Videos from past 350Africa.org mobilisations, actions and events in South Africa.
FIC Summit (2020)
Youth Day (2019)
$11 Trillion Divested From Fossil Fuels (2019)
Want to hear more about the report and a South African Just Recovery? Join members of the Climate Justice Coalition and the Institute for Economic Justice as they discuss what a Just Recovery looks like for South Africa.
For many climate justice advocates, the trajectory of the COVID 19 pandemic is unsurprising, as it mirrors the very systems and structures that underpin the climate crisis. We need a Just Recovery from COVID 19, this report attempts to show the way.
An art competition to imagine what a just recovery from COVID-19 could and should look like.
The #UprootTheDMRE protests that took place from September 22nd to 27th, were one of the most powerful climate actions South…
The Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), Absa and Investec have all expressed financial interest in a deal with the Turkish Karpowership company —…
All lives do matter, and I’d go further to say that all life matters. The reason that we explicitly say and support #BlackLivesMatter is white supremacist culture has made it clear that Black lives do not matter, or matter less. To be clear, saying Black lives matter does not mean that we think white lives don’t matter or that any murder or act of aggression carried out against anyone is acceptable. To merely say all lives matter though ignores the fact that the dominant culture has oppressed Black people for hundreds of years, and continues to do so.
The South African young people are gathering virtually, on a Summit co-hosted by the South African Youth Centre for Climate Change (SAYCCC), 350.org and African Climate Alliance (ACA), to deliberate on issues concerning their future, in the face of climate and health crisis.
This is an open letter to COSATU written on behalf of the Climate Justice Coalition, a coalition of South African labour, social, health, environmental, human rights and climate justice civil society organisations. We are writing this letter to provide both praise and critique of COSATU’s proposal to fix Eskom. While there is much to discuss about the proposal, this letter focuses only on questions of climate justice.
The Minister announcing a 5th round of the renewable energy supply auctions (REIPPPP) and allowing municipalities to source power from these projects directly (those that can afford it) is good news. What South Africa really needs, however, is a visionary plan for a just transition to renewable energy, not only adding more here and there in the quickest way possible.