Soil and Land in the Philippi Horticultural Area The struggle to preserve this resource for residents of the Cape Flats to farm and feed themselves is about protecting it from development and nurturing the richness it offers.
SA’s coronavirus recovery plan should consider value of women’s ‘invisible’ work The South African government still needs to drawing up a just transition plan that will support workers who are likely to lose their jobs as the country moves its economy away from dependence on carbon-emitting production, such as mining and downstream industries. By Leonie Joubert
Victory in court for Philippi Horticultural Area With findings that neither the City of Cape Town nor the provincial government considered the full impact of development on the Cape Flats Aquifer in the Philippi Horticultural Area, the Cape High Court has sent two crucial decisions back for a second look.
The Shops Are Burning, The Women Are Burning, The Climate is Burning: Connecting The Dots Analysis Just a few months ago, two cyclones (Kenneth and Idai) destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in parts of southern Africa. The cyclones, along with widespread drought, forced desperate people to migrate. But links between migrancy and xenophobia, violence against women and the growing climate crisis across southern Africa and well beyond have been largely neglected.
This is Not Resilience, it is Foolishness Multimedia On Friday 20th September, thousands of South Africans joined the global climate strike to register their objections to the continuing destruction of the planet. Among them was HBF partner the Philippi Horticultural Area Food and Farming Campaign (PHAFFC) who are fighting to reverse a series of land use decisions that will render Cape Town anything but food, climate and water resilient.
Building the Case for Informed Investment Decisions Towards a Sustainable South Africa Call The Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) Cape Town Office, in cooperation with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), would like to offer South African civil society organisations the opportunity to work with the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) tool.
South Durban Communities Push On With Legal Action Against KZN MEC South Durban communities, represented by the Legal Resource Centre (LRC), push on with their legal action against the KZN MEC for EDTEA, to stop the development of the Clairwood trucking depo… By Natasha Adonis
The great transition - Alternative paths for a better and climate just future The Paris Agreement has set an ambitious goal to prevent global warming from spiraling out of control. But it has also set the stage for what will form the subject of numerous heated debates in the coming years. This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. Open external content on original site This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy.
A Green Voters Guide to the South African Local Government Elections of 2016. The local government elections have come and gone. How well the newly elected representatives pay attention to the environmental justice issues that affect you and your community will depend, in part, on your active participation as a citizen.
Right Priorities for Africa's Power Sector This study aims to assess the proposed dams under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and their prospects for success, and to inform discussions about how best to allocate scarce development funds. pdf
