Silencing civil society’s voice threatens the country’s democracy — and the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill could be misused to do just this
Yet evidence shows that countries with an abundance of natural resources have lower levels of inclusive economic development and growth
We need alternatives because unrestrained development is not compatible with life
Although South Africa no longer practices ‘fortress conservation’, the shift to to protecting resources for people is criticised for incorporating nature in a neoliberal capitalist system in which nature is expected to produce profit