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Civil society movements survive. One is the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which has for years led a community-driven campaign against titanium mining in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape. Photo: File

Beyond NGOs: Why civil society will survive and thrive

Grassroots movements survive because they are driven by commitment, flexible, adaptable and hard to dismantle

Oppression: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Natalia Fedosenko/Pool/Reuters

Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe

Repression in the country is cloaked in reform through the suppression of nonprofit organisations

A judicial review heard in the Western Cape high court this week has questioned the environmental authorisation process for TotalEnergies’ offshore oil and gas exploration rights between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas.
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TotalEnergies: Who really benefits from regulating environmental NGOs in South Africa?

Silencing civil society’s voice threatens the country’s democracy — and the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill could be misused to do just this

Nongovernmental organisations like Equal Education have played an important role in advocating for equality and social justice in South Africa.

NGOs will have to up their game in South Africa

Civil society organisations and other stakeholders will become increasingly important to maintaining the government’s legitimacy

Peaceful death: Gracie Rae and her family were ‘rescued’ by an NGO when she was diagnosed with cancer

Family details four-year-old’s battle with agonising neuroblastoma

The Philbins are only now starting to come to terms with the death of their daughter, Gracie Rae

Aid group FoodForward SA will need R8-million as it resumes operations on Friday 16 July at its Durban food bank, which was ransacked and looted earlier this week, leaving 125 000 people without food.

FoodForward SA to resume operations on Friday after R8m worth of losses from looting and vandalism

The organisation serves 1 250 registered organisations around South Africa, including old age homes, homeless people shelters, centres for abused women, orphanages and healthcare…

George Floyd’s death  is a consequence of the very real threat of police brutality that follows us (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Catholic NGO boss accused of racism and abuse in Sudan

The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’

Vanessa Mae Bondalian Rodel and her daughter Kellapatha Sanuthi Keana Nihinsa, pose after a news conference in Hong Kong in February 2017. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)

Canada takes refugees who sheltered NSA whistle-blower Snowden

Vanessa Rodel and her daughter arrived in Toronto on Monday night after years of harassment in Hong Kong

With the upcoming election in Bangladesh

Crackdown on dissent in Bangladesh

The arrest of two of Bangladesh’s foremost human rights activists has brought to light the country’s severe crackdown on journalists and NGOs.

Siyavuna employs trainers and mentors who provide ongoing support to farmers. (supplied)

Making farming a business success

Winner: Investing in the Future and Drivers of Change Civil Society Award — Siyavuna Abalimi Development Centre

UN: Somalia freezes aid operations in south-east

The Somali government has frozen aid activities in a south-eastern region most affected by the country’s growing humanitarian crisis, a United Nations spokesperson told reporters…