Rights for the People rules for TNCs: First impressions on the updated draft treaty on TNCs and human rights
Statement of the Global Campaign, 11th of September 2023 The Global Campaign to Reclaim People’s Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity (Global Campaign) is a worldwide network of over 250 social movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and communities…
The Maputo Declaration on Rivers and Dams
PREAMBLE We, the social movements, civil society organisations, grassroots communities, lawyers, academics, experts and others, from several provinces of Mozambique and also from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Brazil, Cuba, France,…
The Challenges of Tenure Security and Reform in South Africa
The Alternative Information and Development Centre; the Center on Race, Law and Justice; the Land and Accountability Research Centre; and the Legal Resources Centre present: A Symposium on Tenure Reform and Land Tenure Security. Conference Details Date: Monday, 24 April 2023 Time: 14h00-17h00…
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?…
