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Century Property Developments and Riversands Developments have withdrawn a lawsuit against Kristin Kallesen and her non-profit Greater Kyalami Conservancy for the income they have allegedly lost because of objections and appeals raised by her and Gekco against development approvals in and adjoining the conservancy.
CENTURY PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS

Developer withdraws huge lawsuit against Joburg activist and conservancy

Century Property had filed a nearly R200 million damages claim, accusing the environmentalists of delaying its projects

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
A woman harvests crops in Kenya. Biotech firms are piling pressure on farmers to grow GMO crops. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY

Big Agriculture is watching critics, pesticides and GMO food

A new investigation details a covert campaign that companies such as Monsanto, now Bayer, and Syngenta waged against critics who threatened its profit

  • Lydia Namubiru, The Continent
  • Elena DeBre
  • Margot Gibbs
5 min read
Kumi Naidoo, a leading voice for climate justice advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and fair finance, has been calling for governments to act on the ‘moral failure’ of continued fossil fuel expansion (Photo supplied)
CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION

Kumi Naidoo appointed president of global initiative to phase out fossil fuels

Naidoo’s leadership in the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative is seen as a critical step in the fight for a fair, sustainable future

  • Ozayr Patel
2 min read
Al Gore, environmentalist and former vice president of the United States, presents the Climate TRACE global greenhouse gases emissions database on day four of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference on December 03, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
AL GORE

At COP28, Al Gore takes aim at host UAE’s emissions

Speaking in the main plenary room of the COP28 site, Gore pointed to huge monitors showing satellite images of the major emitting sites in the UAE

  • Afp
2 min read
Eco-warrior: Romario Valentine proves no one is too young to help nature
AFRICAN GREY PARROTS

Nine year old Durban boy has done 164 beach clean-ups

He is spurning birthday presents to plant trees in Kenya, help protect African grey parrots

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Steadfast: The Xolobeni residents have, for more than a decade and with deadly consequences for them, fought off an Australian company wanting to mine their land. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CENTRE FOR APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES

High court gives Australian mining company a big SLAP(P)

The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read