Greener Energy – SA Shows Leadership In Just Transition, But Those Who Created The Problem Must Pay For The Solution

Climate change mitigation policies are not a choice, they are a matter of moral, economic and social necessity: for us, for our planet, for our children and our children’s children.

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Taxi bus travelling in Johannesburg city, Johannesburg is also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or eGoli, is the largest city in South Africa.

Western Cape’s Scrapping Of Blue Dot Taxi Project Fails The Taxi Industry

The failure of the Western Cape Provincial Government’s Blue Dot Taxi project comes as no surprise. It was simply a gimmick, not based on any discernible policy, strategy or planning document.

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Read more about the article President’s Fund Yet To Implement A Single Post-Apartheid Community Rehabilitation Project
6 April 2014. Khor Abeche: A displaced mother and her child inspect the remnants of their burnt house in Khor Abeche, South Darfur. According to the community leaders, more than 3,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) still remain inside the UNAMID base, following the attack that they suffered by an armed group on March 22. About 300 heavily armed men attacked the IDP camp, setting fire to dozens of shelters and stealing livestock belonging to the residents. The World Food Programme (WFP) have already distributed food (sorghum) to the IDPs and the UNAMID base provide potable water and health care, while a team of 35 UNAMID engineers are currently constructing a 70,000 m2 Buffer Zone, with watch towers, solar lights, two community centers and latrines at the vicinity of the base, where the IDPs will be able to securely settle in the near future. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID

President’s Fund Yet To Implement A Single Post-Apartheid Community Rehabilitation Project

More than 20 years after establishing a President’s Fund to benefit victims of apartheid, and rehabilitate communities identified by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the State has yet to implement a single community project, Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola revealed today.

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