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Civil society organisations have a bone to pick with Eskom

September 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

On 6 September 2016, 30 civil society organisations wrote an open letter to the Ministers of Public Enterprises, Energy, Environmental Affairs, and Health, expressing their alarm at recent statements and actions by Eskom management. This related particularly to Eskom’s statements on renewable energy and the implications thereof for climate justice, but also to Eskom’s failure … [Read more...]

Ugandan women mobilising for change

October 18, 2015 Leave a Comment

Let us recognise the various injustices inflicted upon women by extractive models of development. The WoMin, an African Gender and Extractives Alliance in collaboration with National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) launch its Participatory Action and Research (PAR) on women miners from Katwe Salt Lake, Western Uganda. The PAR is part of a seven … [Read more...]

Eskom up for worst corporation award

November 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Eskom is in the running to win the international award for this year’s worst corporation in the annual Public Eye Awards, taking place parallel to the World Economic Forum. The power utility supplies 90% of South Africa’s electricity needs through its 18 coal-fired power stations. Eskom has applied for two-thirds of its coal-fired power stations to be exempt from and/or … [Read more...]

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