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…
Government does not have the right to ignore rural citizens Wilmien Wicomb | Mail and Guardian Thought Leader | 24 May In a remarkable display of legal gymnastics, parliament’s constitutional and legal services office has suggested that there is no…
Farewell Comrade Sibusiso Mqadi Southern African Campaign To Dismantle Corporate Power (DCP) Statement As the Southern African Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power, it is with great sorrow that we mourn the sudden passing of Sibusiso Mqadi, Chairperson of the Amadiba…
The Right to Say No is about balancing power! Maxine Bezuidenhout | Dismantle Corporate Power Campaign | 05 October A ground-breaking and power shifting ruling by the North Gauteng High Court on the 11th of September 2020 places the interests…
Imizizi’s missing 5,600 hectares of land: A story of South Africa’s forgotten homelands Keamogetswe Seipato and Maxine Bezuidenhout | Maverick Citizen | 19, August 2020 The end of apartheid and the dawn of a democratic era were meant to bring freedom…
