News24 | Lisa Vetten | What Life Esidimeni and Gauteng’s late payment of NGOs have in common

News24 | Lisa Vetten | What Life Esidimeni and Gauteng’s late payment of NGOs have in common

The way in which Gauteng’s social development department has treated nonprofits’ funding this year reminds, to some extent, of the provincial health department’s conduct in the Life Esidimeni saga. Lisa Vetten writes why it’s important that government’s decision-makers be held accountable. Gauteng’s Life Esidimeni tragedy — in which over 140 state mental health patients died […] More

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Power battle over nuclear ‘solution’ for South Africa’s energy crisis

Power battle over nuclear ‘solution’ for South Africa’s energy crisis

Radiating: The Koeberg nuclear power station 30km north of Cape Town is the only one on the entire African continent, but Russia plans to change this. Photo: Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images Proponents of nuclear power claim it is safe and cheaper than renewable energy but eco-justice activists say it is expensive and dangerous This content is […] More

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