“STOP Base Toliara!” Testimonies of women affected by a mining project in Madagascar. The Australian company “Base Resources” owns a sand mine project – Base Toliara – that has the potential to cause catastrophic devastation to part of the Mikea…
“STOP Base Toliara!” Testimonies of women affected by a mining project in Madagascar. The Australian company “Base Resources” owns a sand mine project – Base Toliara – that has the potential to cause catastrophic devastation to part of the Mikea…
Video: Communities’ #Right2SayNo! to mining In February, Cape Town hosted the world’s largest mining investment forum: the Africa Mining Indaba. We wanted to make sure that attendees heard about communities #Right2SayNo. We then juxtaposed their answers with the evidence brought to the…
Chronicling Capitalism in Southern Africa, and how to resist it. For the past 14 days, the South African Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power has been publishing chronicles of capitalism in Southern Africa. We also describe below advocacy work you might…
Permanent People’s Tribunal: Third Session On Transnational Corporations In Southern Africa Southern African Campaign To Dismantle Corporate Power | 16 January 2020 The recently released documentary “Where Communities Have Been Saying No!” highlights the experiences of various communities in Southern…
Where Communities Have Been Saying No! Documentary |Southern African Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power What happens when a powerful entity backed by the most legitimate form of authority in a country harms and disregards a community’s needs and human rights?…
Beware the TNC: 3 Years of People’s Resistance against Corporate Power What happens when a powerful entity backed by the most legitimate form of authority in a country harms and disregards a community’s needs and human rights? Well, the popular…
Chronicles of corporate impunity Copper mine pollutes livelihoods in Zambia Since 2005, eight communities in Chingola, Zambia, have been suffering from repeated water pollution caused by the toxic mining processes . With extreme dedication, they managed to sue the British…
AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS PUSH FOR A LEGALLY BINDING TREATY ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SOUTHERN AFRICAN CAMPAIGN TO DISMANTLE CORPORATE POWER MEDIA STATEMENT 17 October 2019 As part of the latest round of negotiations on the U.N. Binding Treaty on transnational…
Amcu targets Samancor’s ‘missing billions’ Lesetja Malope | City Press | 14 October 2019 Union teams up with AIDC and Richard Spoor to bring alleged fraudulent transactions to light The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has partnered with…
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Loss of Sovereignty, Lack of Transparency Jonathan Cannard | 27 May, 2019 The African Union’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government conceived of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in 2012 with…
