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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 […]
5 December 2024
Ban Terbufos and HHPs or face legal action Minister Steenhuisen, says civil society alliance
17 June 2025 UPDATE: Following the South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins (SAPToA), which was held in March this year, the three jurors, Judge Navi Pillay, Commissioner Philile Ntuli, and Dr Sophia Kisting-Cairncross, made a presentation on highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) and other agrotoxins to the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture on 20 May. Watch the […]
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 […]
25 November 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions in the South African food system: Integrated and transformative response...
Climate change is set to wreak havoc on South Africa (SA)’s agri-food system. Increasing temperatures, lower and more erratic rainfall, and more extreme weather events will characterise the climate in Southern Africa over the next decades. This poses challenges for food production and food security. At the same time, SA’s agri-food system is one of […]
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 […]
4 November 2024
Les subventions néfastes, la dette et le financement de la biodiversité en Afrique
Des pistes pour une transition juste en préparation de la COP 16 et au-delà (Click here to read in English.) La cible 18 du cadre mondial pour la biodiversité de la Convention sur la diversité biologique préconise l’élimination, la suppression progressive ou la réforme des subventions néfastes pour l’environnement et la société, ainsi que l’augmentation […]
1 November 2024
Civil society coalition says: Heads must roll for Terbufos regulatory failure
Press release: South African People’s Tribunal on Agrotoxins 31 October 2024 A coalition of civil society organisations and trade unions working together to expose the harmful reality of pesticides in South Africa mourns the tragic deaths of six children — Monica Sebetwana, Ida Maama, Isago Mabote, Njabulo Msimanga, Katlego Olifant, and Karabo Rampou — in […]