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.
Environmental Justice in South Durban: Community Caught Between Toxic Polluters and Climate Shocks Analysis For decades, South Durban's communities have shared their neighbourhood with two of the country’s biggest oil refineries. As some of the estimated 20,000 South Africans killed by air pollution every year, they now must also contend with flooding and storms. By Shanice Farmin, South Durban Communities Environmental Alliance (SDCEA)
Climate Change Linked Drought Drives Karoo to Collapse Analysis Southern Africa is heating at 2°C per century, twice the global average. In the Northern Cape, as elsewhere, Climate change is no longer a future event, but a daily reality. Since 2015, a climate change induced drought has wrought devastating economic, social and political consequences: agriculture is collapsing, and both emerging and commercial farmers are abandoning their farms. By Delime Cupido and Tristen Taylor
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.
Durban floods: An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa Partner Analysis The massive floods that hit KZN, and Durban in particular, in April 2019 are yet another indicator of how climate change is affecting our resilience. While President Cyril Ramaphosa recently acknowledged this, there has been a strange silence since, and big, carbon-intensive programmes are steaming ahead in the port city. Surely the time for talking is over?
A Double Challenge: LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa (October 2018) Interview Queer African migrants who come up against the xenophobic and homophobic attitudes that are prevalent in South African society often experience the same kinds of social and economic marginalisation they had hoped to escape in their home countries.
People's Tribunal to Open Floodgates on Capture, Corruption and Economic Crime The public hearings on economic crimes in South Africa will be an important moment in the country's history, says adjudicator Yasmin Sooka. By Marc Davies
Apartheid Crimes: TRC Was 'Insufficient', Corporations Got Off Scot-Free, Says Witness Multinationals need to be held accountable for "aiding and abetting" the apartheid regime, says a civil society representative at the People's Tribunal. Article by Marc Davies. By Marc Davies
Kukula Traditional Healers Reaping Rewards of an Inclusive Community Protocols Process Blog Community protocols are not just documents, they’re a process and innovative processes can create new opportunities. By Cath Traynor
Populations, Populism and Institutions – Explaining South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence (June 2015) South Africa has had its fair share of violence and xenophobia over the last decade and more. In 2015, Loren Landau wrote this piece on xenophobia following a wake of xenophobic violence in South Africa's townships. By Loren B Landau
