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Our democracy needs a major acccountability service
Published in Informanté, November 2012 You’ve probably heard it said a hundred times that South Africa has one of the world’s best constitutions. But do we have the world’s best parliament? Hm… So what...
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Business Day: ‘South Africa needs a business alliance to protect biodiversity’
Published in Business Day, 19 November 2012 THE other day, I spotted a small flurry of activity just outside my front door. A gecko had died and its body was covered in black ants. Within days, the...
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Fix inequality with a maximum wage
Published 18 November 2012 by the Sunday Times (in print, but not online) Since the tragic massacre at Marikana, there’s been increasing discussion of the problem of South Africa’s terrifying...
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SA must build economic democracy
Published in the Mail & Guardian, 21 June 2013 Twenty years after this country chose to end relentless violence and injustice by introducing political democracy, our rightwing government is ready...
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‘New alerts highlight need for urgent climate change action’
Published in Business Day, 19 September 2013 PERHAPS, one day, an article on climate change will be written that tells us that things are getting better. Sadly, this is not that article and that day,...
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‘Denialists’ disdain for science is a vital human rights issue’
Published in Business Day, 14 January 2014 The public debate about climate change is an aberration because we do not have debates in newspapers about the validity of medical science, physics,...
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Business Day: ‘The value of an endlessly expanding GDP is doubtful’
Published in Business Day, 24 April 2014 THE speed at which a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is growing has for the past 60-70 years come to be considered the most important measure of whether...
View ArticleBusiness Day: ‘Signs are the climate is right for divesting from the fossil...
Published in Business Day on 19 July 2017, for Fossil Free South Africa It’s time to tell your financial services provider and company pension fund trustees you no longer want to be invested in...
View ArticleInvest for the future, divest from companies that fuel the climate crisis
Article in the Daily Maverick, 13 June 2019. South African NGOs and foundations (and unions, schools, universities and faith bodies) can multiply their impact with one simple decision — divesting from...
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