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09 September 2022
Daily Maverick
On Friday, 2 September, the fourth session of conservationist Fred Daniel’s R1-billion civil claim against the South African government came to an end in the Pretoria High Court. With the fate of Deputy President David Mabuza in the balance, counsel for the defence had managed — once again — to avoid any engagement with the material facts. But the judge, visibly angry, promised closure before the end of the year.
Restitution read moreZimbabwe: Eight years on, authorities yet to give update on the disappeared journalist and pro-democracy activist https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/zimbabwe-eight-years-on/
Climate change: Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems https://africasciencenews.org/climate-change-latest-ipcc-report-highlights-the-critical-need-to-transform-agrifood-systems/
The Museveni regime, which has been in power for the past 36 years, is no stranger to cracking down on dissenting voices and detaining critics. Now climate change activists are targeted for critiquing the EACOP oil pipeline
https://africanarguments.org/2023/03/enemies-of-the-state-uganda-targets-activists-spearheading-fight-against-controversial-eacop-pipeline/
The first water UN Water Conference in 40 years seeks to avert a global water crisis. But for farmers in Eastern Africa facing catastrophic food insecurity or pastoralists who have lost over eleven million animals since 2020, the crisis is already here.
https://climate-diplomacy.org/magazine/environment/risk-informed-water-governance-critical-tool-avert-hunger-and-conflict
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