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25 April 2019
Daily Maverick
Several bills before Parliament will entrench the colonial and apartheid-era powers given to often-illegitimate traditional leaders to exert absolute sway over their ‘subjects’. This includes control over land distribution and mining rights. It is the mining rights, in particular, that have sparked a new scramble for Africa, a scramble marked by corruption and self-enrichment.
Land rights and mining, Traditional leadership read more117 dead in storms and floods https://clubofmozambique.com/news/117-dead-in-storms-and-floods-234842/ via @twitter
The real Johannesburg: Six powerful photos from a gritty new book on the city https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-09-the-real-johannesburg-six-powerful-photos-from-a-gritty-new-book-on-the-city/?utm_source=socialshare&utm_medium=twitter
KZN rural residents beg high court to save their homes and livelihoods and rein in rampant Tendele coal mining https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-12-kzn-rural-residents-beg-high-court-to-save-their-homes-and-livelihoods-and-rein-in-rampant-tendele-coal-mining/?utm_source=socialshare&utm_medium=twitter
Cyclone Freddy’s deadly trail of destruction a grim reminder of the need to prioritise climate adaptation https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-15-cyclone-freddys-deadly-trail-of-destruction-a-grim-reminder-of-the-need-to-prioritise-climate-adaptation/?utm_source=socialshare&utm_medium=twitter
Framed as a crisis response, corporate-led strategy to promote industrial agriculture remains at the core of the AfDB development agenda
https://africanarguments.org/2023/03/why-is-the-afdb-food-siding-with-the-agrochemical-industrial-complex/
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