SAFCEI in the Press
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Government should be more concerned about citizens unable to afford the rising cost of electricity
MEDIA RELEASE 17 JULY 2020 GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT CITIZENS UNABLE TO AFFORD THE RISING COST OF ELECTRICITY The Southern African Fa...
Bishop Geoff Davies celebrates 50th Anniversary of Priesthood
Bishop Geoff Davies or more affectionately known as the Green Bishop is the founder and patron of the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment...
SAFCEI Calls on Parliament to Provide Rigorous Oversight of Proposed Energy Projects
Media Release 5 June 2020 In its recent written submission to Parliament’s Appropriations Committee, the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environ...
Submission to the Standing Committee on Appropriations: Parliament of South Africa on the 2020 Appropriations Bill
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Statement on news of Religious Gatherings at Level 3
The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute, SAFCEI, welcomes the engagement between faith representatives and the South African gov...
Reconstruction and redevelopment of our economy is only way forward
By Mamphela Ramphele We cannot solve our socio-economic problems by using the same thinking that generated them. Ground-up citizen participation and c...
Three years after the nuke deal court victory, the fight for clean energy continues even during Covid-19
By Francesca de Gasparis Last weekend, we celebrated the third anniversary of the court case victory that set aside the secret R1-trillion nuclear dea...
Eskom Should Initiate Plans to Decommission Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
NEWS RELEASE 11 MARCH 2020 ESKOM SHOULD INITIATE PLANS TO DECOMMISSION KOEBERG NUCLEAR POWER STATION The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environme...
African NGOs call to stop proliferation of coal, oil and gas ahead of African Union summit
Ahead of this week’s African Union meeting (Feb 9-10), more than 25 organisations, networks and community resistance groups from Africa and around the...
Faith communities call for urgent climate action and government accountability
SAFCEI Policy Conference 2019, eMseni Christian Centre, Benoni, South Africa. Photo by Elkan Butler Photography. Press Release Faith communities c...
CONCERN OVER INCREASING SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR POWER IN SOUTH AFRICA
1 November 2019 Media Release Concern over increasing support for nuclear power in South Africa Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered the Medium-Te...
CORRUPT, STATE CAPTURE NUCLEAR DEALS LIVES ON IN NEW IRP
Media Release 19 October 2019 Corrupt, state capture nuclear deals lives on in new IRP “We are dismayed that the government has included nuclear in it...