From Learning to Action: Mfuleni Learners Take on the Kuils River
What can young people do when they see pollution affecting the river in their community? Quite a lot – especially when they have the opportunity to learn, investigate and take action together. Through the City of Cape Town’s grant funding, EMG has been working in Mfuleni to support communities to become active stewards of the […]
A basic Income grant cannot succeed without water justice
South Africa is engaged in an important debate about the future of social protection. As poverty deepens, unemployment remains stubbornly high, inequality continues to widen and climate change vulnerabilities increase, calls for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) or permanent Basic Income Grant have gained increasing support. Yet there is a critical dimension missing from this […]
Plantations are not forests
Why Agroecology Is the Future of Water Justice South Africa is the 30th most water-scarce country in the world and yet, our land-use choices place industrial production ahead of the people and ecosystems that depend on this precious resource. Across parts of Mpumalanga and other provinces, communities live alongside vast eucalyptus and pine plantations while […]