Last week, Southern Africa and the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power hosted a two-day #RightToSayNo national workshop attended by over 70 activists from mining communities across the country. They discussed a number of issues under the theme: Building the Just…
On the 6th and 7th of February community activists from South Africa and Swaziland gathered in Cape Town to strategize ways to challenge extractivism and to speak out against the violence inflicted onto human rights defenders and activists by the…
Statement by The Right to Say No and People’s Dialogue Cape Town, 6 February 2023 From today through to 9 February, transnational mining corporations from around the world will gather in Cape Town for their annual Mining Indaba. The purpose…
Statement by the Southern Africa and the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power Cape Town, 25 January 2023 – It is with deep anger and sadness that we learned of the brutal murder of our comrade and friend Thulani Maseko…
We have compiled a working list of definitions and terminology to equip community activists with language and understanding to challenge extractivism and dismantle corporate power. This dictionary is brought to you by the Alternative Information and Development Centre in partnership…
The United Nations published a report by Secretary-General António Guterres today, in which he signals his support for multilateral negotiations on international tax reform under the auspices of the United Nations. This is a huge step forward for international tax…
Last month, the Alternative Information and Development Centre together with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Lawyers for Human Rights hosted a two-day indaba on the UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights in Johannesburg. The theme was:…
On 21 January 2022, the World Bank approved a $750 million (~R11.4 billion) loan to assist the South African fiscus. As part of the Bank’s “development policy loan” (DPL) programme, this loan is expected to have an interest rate of…
The Corporate Impunity Pandemic Strikes Again! This time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power | Statement | 3 September 2021 The Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power is outraged by Catoca…
“Our Land – Our Harvest” Urgent aid to Abahlali baseMjondolo Amadiba Crisis Committee | Statement | 23 July 2021 Today Friday 23 July, a bakkie full of sweet potatoes, amadumbe, beans, oranges from the coast of Amadiba in Eastern Cape arrived at Briandene…
