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Legal victory: The Constitutional Court delivered a historic affirmation of community rights and living heritage, safeguarding the sacred land, livelihoods and identities that define our people. Photo: Sustaining the Wild Coast

Marine heritage is not for sale

The Constitutional Court's landmark ruling halting Shell’s exploration on the Wild Coast is more than a legal victory—it is a vital affirmation of living heritage, community…

Forest people: The Batwa people say they have lost everything, including their dignity as human beings. Photo: EU/ECHO/Frederic Bonamy

The first people of the forest still hunted

Despite landmark legal rulings and protections, the indigenous Batwa of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remain besieged by rebel violence, militia exploitation, and…

United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell

COP30: Nations chose unity, science and economic common sense amid ‘stormy political waters’

Countries are ‘still in the climate fight’, the United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said

The Moravian Church
has congregations around the world, with more than a million members. South Africa, with 103  000 members, has one of the largest congregations. (Photos: Jonathan Hendricks)

Moravian Church legal battle at heart of indigenous land rights

Descendants of the indigenous people who lived on the land, predominantly Khoi and slaves, want to be able to control and govern the land their forefathers worked

Khoisan people march to constitutional court

List of demands includes recognition of indigenous rights and the scrapping of apartheid racial classification as ‘coloured’

Young leader: Lisakhanya Mathiso (in red) believes that educating members of her community about the climate crisis helps them to understand that it affects everyone. (David Harrison/M&G)

Climate justice requires women’s leadership

Only a third of leadership positions in climate-change negotiations are held by women, even though women are the most vulnerable to the worst effects of global warming