by Earthlife | 24 April, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Publications
In Venda, you measure distance by the sound of drums. This is what greets us every time we travel to Thohoyandou, the former capital of the Venda homeland in what is now Limpopo, South Africa. The city is snuggled against the vast forested hills, with the names of...
by Earthlife | 24 April, 2023 | News, Press Releases, Publications
On 24 March 2023, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg attended the launch of groundWork’s report Contested Transition: State and Capital against Community. The groundWork Report 2022 follows the 2019 and 2020 reports in its focus on the just (or unjust) transition. Since...
by Earthlife | 28 February, 2023 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications
It is with a heavy heart that Earthlife Africa announces the passing of our dear Comrade Nomalizo Xhoma after a short illness. Please note that Nomalizo Xhoma’s memorial will be livestreamed on her Facebook page as well as Earthlife Africa Johannesburg’s...
by Earthlife | 22 December, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Publications
Dear Earthlife Africa Community Before the year wraps, here are some of 2022’s highlights: 2022 (Twenty-Tutu) got off to a poignant start, with the loss of one of our heroes, beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu. And then, in July, the environmental justice movement also...
by Earthlife | 15 December, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Publications
Each year, sometime during the annual COP event, climate and environmental justice activists from around the world join in a Global Day of Climate Action to urge decision makers at COP27 to treat the climate crisis like the global emergency it is, by developing...
by Earthlife | 15 December, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Publications
By Earthlife Africa’s Climate Energy Officer Ketshepaone Modise and Director Makoma Lekalakala An opinion piece on the concept of Climate Justice within the context of COP27. More than 40 000 delegates, including 120 government leaders, are currently attending the...
