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Gun-related femicide in SA: A call to action

South Africa is in the grip of a femicide crisis, with firearms playing a leading role in the murder of women. This brief, developed by our partner, Gun Free South Africa, outlines six key recommendations to strengthen gun control, close legal loopholes, and prevent firearms from falling into the hands of those who pose a threat to women’s safety.
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Producing Green Steel: an option to decarbonise Arcelormittal South Africa (AMSA)?

The policy brief introduces basic concepts around the complexities of steelmaking, including why it has historically been seen as ‘hard to abate’ in terms of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from steel production. It aims to provide a non-technical commentary on AMSA’s Decarbonisation Roadmap suitable for frontline communities and the NGOs they work with to understand and engage with the plans.
Special Features

South Africa's G20: A Platform for Civil Society Voices

South Africa’s G20 Presidency marks a historic first for Africa — a chance to shape global economic, climate, and social agendas from an African perspective. HBF Cape Town is working with partners to connect global priorities with grassroots realities, creating space for dialogue and action that places civil society and community voices at the heart of decision-making. 

30 Years of Democracy

Civil Society and Social Movements Organising for Change

30 Years of Democracy: Civil Society and Social Movements Organising for Change aims to reflect on the journey of CSOs and Social Movements in South Africa and their role in deepening South Africa's democracy alongside communities and citizens.

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Perspectives

Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. The series provides a platform for experts from Africa to express their views about issues pertinent to the democratic and sustainable development agenda in the region.

The latest edition of Perspectives "African Feminisms across Generations" is a collaboration between the Gender Focal Persons (HBF staff members who serve as resource persons on gender issues) from our four offices in Africa and the Africa Division at our head office in Berlin. The idea for the edition was born out of a strategy to collectively develop an approach to gender-related political goals that is rooted in feminist realities, thinking and narratives specific to the African continent.

Radical Realism for Climate Justice

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial is feasible. And it is our best hope of achieving environmental and social justice, of containing the impacts of a global crisis that was born out of historical injustice and highly unequal responsibility.

Our Dossier is a civil society response to the challenge of limiting global warming to 1.5°C while also paving the way for climate justice. Because it’s is neither ‘naïve’ nor ‘politically unfeasible’, it is radically realistic.

Here you find an introductory overview of the disucssion on 1.5°C.