/ 13 March 2024

‘Weak focus’ on climate, environment in election manifestos

Safrica Environment Oceans Energy Shell
A woman holds a placard on the beach as hundreds of people (not visible) take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company Shell to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa's East coast, at Muizenberg Beach, in Cape Town, on December 05, 2021. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)
Political parties are treating the issues as 'peripheral' concerns

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