Latest Resources
21 July 2025
South African Compendium on pesticides is a comprehensive database listing over 100 papers produc...
A user-friendly resource for researchers, advocates, and civil society ACB is proud to release a collation of the past two decades of research done on pesticide use in South Africa, in the form of a searchable (and downloadable) database, below. For the first time, this extensive body of scientific evidence of the harm caused by […]
3 March 2025
On-going assaults on our food system and peoples’ health
Legal loopholes to allow continued use of highly hazardous pesticides, GM crops On the 27th of February, the ACB submitted substantive objections to the South African government’s attempt to backtrack on its commitments to phase out highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs), including glufosinate ammonium (GLA), by way of spurious and potentially unlawful “derogation” regulations. The rise […]
11 December 2024
Artist Gallery: Adam Rumball
UK-born Adam Rumball has been a practicing graphic designer since graduating from Norwich City College of Arts. He moved to South Africa in 1997 where he worked within the publishing and advertising industries. Our relationship with Rumball goes back to our beginnings as an organisation and has continued to the present day. For each of […]
9 December 2024
Artist Gallery: Isaac Zavale
Isaac Zavale is a Mozambican fine artist and street artist born in 1988 in Maputo. He currently resides between two cities, Johannesburg and Berlin. Zavale’s artistic journey began when he graduated from the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg in 2012. Subsequently, he co-founded the printmaking studio Prints on Paper (POP) and initiated the Alphabet Zoo […]
6 December 2024
Artist Gallery: Mzwandile Buthelezi
Mzwandile Buthelezi is a Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary artist and jazz musician; known for singular illustrations that dynamically converse with his musical compositions bring together jazz and art in a piercing way that reaches both the spirit and mind. We are honoured by the exquisite logo he created for us, with a refresh of our palette and […]
2 December 2024
Artist Gallery: Baynham Goredema
Over the past several years, Zimbabwean artist and graphic designer Baynham Goredema has created iconic covers and layout for many publications, including the standout Multiple shocks in Africa series and a 2024 briefing paper on the harm caused by subsidies on Africa. He is a multidisciplinary creative with over 20 years of experience. He has […]
22 November 2024
Petition – Reckless endangerment: Hold South African government and chemical industry to account ...
17 June 2025 UPDATE: Thank you to all who signed our petition, supporting our call to hold the South African government and chemical industry accountable for the devastating effects of toxic pesticides on our society. Following the South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins (SAPToA), which was held in March this year, the three jurors, Judge […]
20 November 2024
Artist Gallery: Linzi Lewis
Linzi Lewis was born and bred in Johannesburg. She has been deeply influenced by this vibrant, dynamic city, having dedicated many years walking, cycling, and traversing its streets, learning its rhythm and movements. She is an applied and political ecologist, geographer and environmental scientist, social justice activist, agroecologist, designer, dancer, choreographer, interdisciplinary artist, and aspiring […]
7 November 2024
Artist Gallery: Lisolomzi Pikoli
Lisolomzi Pikoli is a visual artist from South Africa. His work aims to interpret the mechanics of the modern world and our inherited wisdom through the human figure and its relationship to line, shape, form, movement, and time. The main disciplines in his artistic practice are painting, illustration, design, installation, and public art. Pikoli created […]
5 November 2024
Artist Gallery: Dudu Coelho
Born and raised in Mozambique, Dudu Coelho has lived and worked in Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and South Africa for the past four decades. His professional background combines experience in volunteering; community-based development; project management; graphic design and desktop publishing; editing, production and dissemination of information, publications and educational materials; capacity building and practical training in the […]