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Inertia: Collins Nzovu, chairperson of the African group of negotiators on climate change, criticised the limited progress on the crucial issue of adaptation at COP28. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images
AMY GILLIAM THORP

Adaptation to climate change ‘sacrificed’ at COP28 – at the cost of the African continent

The Global Goal on Adaptation is a playbook for how the world will respond to the climate emergency

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Photo: Getty Images
AFFORESTATION

Climate expert: Scandal that Africa gets so little research funding

Scientist Guy Midgley calls for action on avoiding a climate disaster from an African perspective

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
On 17 August, 40 years ago, the inveterate socialist Ruth First was assassinated in Maputo under the orders of Apartheid spy Craig Williamson.
AHMED KATHRADA FOUNDATION

Ruth First remembered 40 years after her death

It is 40 years since Ruth First was assassinated. What would she say about South Africa today?

  • Melody Emmett
6 min read
Epitome of ethics: Author and cultural critic bell hooks insisted that care, love and spirituality were the core of black feminist practice and freedom. Photo: Karjean Levine/Getty Images
ACADEMIA

A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis

bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda

  • Moshibudi Motimele
9 min read
Dangers: A fisherman on the Niger River. Fishing, like many other livelihoods and activities, is under threat from the changes brought about by the climate crisis. Photo: Michele Cattani/AFP/Getty Images
ANIMALS

Animals dying to ‘beat the heat’

Scientists can forecast how vulnerable species are to climate change using the right tools

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Safeguarding the future: Isaac Sekwama believes the government cares more about the SEZ than the people who live on the land. Photo: James Puttick.
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY

Musina-Makhado SEZ: ‘We don’t want Limpopo Valley to turn into industrial wasteland’

The government should find a less environmentally sensitive site for the special economic zone, especially if water can’t be secured, EIA report finds

  • Sheree Bega
10 min read