Posts tagged "South Africa"

RETHINK THE BAG – can South Africa take a stand and Ban the Plastic Bag?

"..I have observed that people are intrinsically good at heart and want to be the change they wish to see in the world. Sometimes all one needs is a passionate individual to lead the way by sharing what resonates most strongly with them. These individuals are all around us."

 
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Water scientists reveal 10 ‘golden rules’ of ‘good practice’ in strategic flood management

Written by an international team of experts, the study provides an overview of emerging good practice in strategic flood management (SFM), as well as a historical overview of the events – like the Boxing Day tsunami – that have changed approaches to flood management forever.

 
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Below the belt, below the breadline – South Africa’s inequitable and GM contaminated bread industry

The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has today brought into sharpfocus the white bread industry in South Africa with the release of its new report ‘GM Contamination, Cartels and Collusion in South Africa’s Bread Industry.’

 
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South Africa’s 20 Years of Democracy: Cautioning against the Narrative of Achievement. By Fazila Farouk

Birthdays and anniversaries are treated as milestones for reflection by many people, so it’s no surprise that Freedom Day, 27 April 2014, South Africa’s looming 20th anniversary as a democracy has unleashed a barrage of commentary aimed at reflecting on […]

 
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Monsanto failed SA GM Maize pushed into rest of Africa – report by the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB)

Today the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) released a new report ‘Africa bullied to grow defective Bt Maize: the failure of Monsanto’s MON810 maize in South Africa’, showing how Monsanto’s GM maize, which utterly failed in SA, is now being […]

 
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President Obama’s visit to the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Masiphumelele, Cape Town

Thanks to the American people for saving thousands of South African lives. Media Release: Embargoed until Monday 1st July 2013. US President Obama will visit the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Masiphumelele in the south peninsula on Sunday, 30th […]

 
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