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Empowering Communities: The Right to Say No Campaign promotes self-determined development and the right to consent!

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


Right to Say No Counter Mining Indaba Report: A Just Transition Away From Minerals Energy Complex

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


Anti-Mining Activists to picket outside Parliament!

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


We condemn the brutal slaying of Comrade Thulani Maseko and demand justice be served

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


Dismantle Corporate Power Dictionary

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


Press Statement: UN Support for International Tax Reform is a Major Step Forward for Economic Justice!

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


Communities’ ‘right to say no’ must be enshrined in the Binding Treaty!

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:


$750 Million World Bank Loan Myths

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 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” Amadiba Provide Urgent aid to Abahlali baseMjondolo

“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

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

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!

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

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


[Podcast] Anglo-America in South Africa: a History of Abuses and Violations.

[Podcast] Anglo-America in South Africa: a History of Abuses and Violations. Anglo American Plc, a multinational mining company, are the world’s largest producer of platinum, and a major producer of diamonds, nickel and coal.  Historically, they supported parties that took


Malagasy’s new legislation must enforce communities right to FPIC, and right to say no

Malagasy’s new legislation must enforce communities right to FPIC, and right to say no SOUTHERN AFRICAN CAMPAIGN TO DISMANTLE CORPORATE POWER MEDIA STATEMENT 30 June 2020 The Southern African Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power – a network of popular movements


“STOP Base Toliara!” Testimonies of women affected by a mining project in Madagascar.

“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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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