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Environmental Watchdogs Warn Mantashe, “Immediate Commencement Of Nuclear Procurement Unlawful!”

In a recent urgent letter (sent on 6 June 2020) to the Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, environmental justice organisations Earth...

The Civil Society Working Group's letter to the Zondo Commission

The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture CSWG Secretariat Open Secrets Second Floor Community House 41 Salt River Road Cape Town 7925 T: +27 2...

Our faiths call on us to care, protect and love this incredible planet of abundant life

By Bishop Geoff Davies For many years, faith communities, scientists and environmentalists have been warning political, and business leaders about the...

Job Opening: Climate Justice Coordinator

Applications Closed Job Opening: Climate Justice Coordinator The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) is seeking to app...

A New Africa is Possible!

African Climate Justice Groups’ Statement on COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is perhaps the biggest global event in recent decades. The crisis is highl...

A Programme of Action in the Time of Covid-19

We, as civic organisations, trade unions, organisations of informal workers, faith-based organisations and community structures in South Africa, call...

Faith, hope and love in a time of COVID-19

By Kate Davies The unfolding of the Covid 19 pandemic is a tragedy of global proportions, bringing with it an immeasurable breadth and depth of human...

To President Ramaphosa: Call Minister Mantashe to account so that we can have a future

By Bishop Geoff Davies We write now to urge you to respond in the same decisive manner as you have in confronting the coronavirus threat to the great...

The road we've travelled so far

In 2016, the South African Poultry Association reported that 80 million hens produced eggs – 96.4% in cages and 3.6% in barns and free-range systems....

Southern Africa – Feeling the Effects of the Climate Crisis

By Robyn Bowden “More than 11-million people are now experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity” due to the “deepening drought and cli...

Hotel Verde to go cage-free by 2025

After running a week-long public campaign, Hotel Verde, with operations in Cape Town and Zanzibar, has committed to sourcing 100% cage-free eggs throu...

FLEAT Karoo 2019

FLEAT Karoo group at the Nqweba Dam, Graaff-Reinet on 20 November 2019. Photo credit: Zainab Adams. We hosted our first Karoo Faith Leader Environme...