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Joined September 2011
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HAVE YOUR SAY – Eskom irregular exemption Do you support Minister Enoch Godongwana's decision to allow Eskom to hide irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure from 2022 to 2025? Have your say at the link; dearsouthafrica.co.za/eskom-…
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Ethiopians say”When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion”The #statecapture report and consistent actions of those implicated in Justice Zondo’s report understand this.Let’s show as a nation that we too understand this.Let’s unite for timely implementation and accountability
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Use your voice and actions wisely to build the world you want to live in and not to react to or get even with your enemies #MondayPadkos #DailyThought
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How wonderful it is that when you shift your focus toward service to humanity, you discover that there is no room in your mind for self pity #DailyThought
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Heartfelt condolences to families whose lives have been lost and businesses affected due to violence instigated by people who are comfortably sitting in opulent homes and won’t be affected by the job losses, food insecurity and other challenges that will follow #JustSThought
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Salute to South Africans that are standing their ground against thuggerism and looting masquerading as protest. It’s true many people are hungry but being instigated by selfish leaders to destroy the little that keeps communities going, makes no sense #JustAThought
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THE NKANDLA FAMILY DESTROYED THE ECONOMY OF KWAZULU NATAL.
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ExxonMobil is the greatest single-use plastic waste polluter in the world, contributing 5.9m tonnes to the global waste mountain. Since most plastic is made from oil and gas the production of plastic is becoming a significant driver of the climate crisis. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Is anyone as baffled as I that those transporting liquor or involved in other #LockdownSA regulations violations are arrested daily. How come those organising rallies, marches and other public events are not arrested or held accountable? Are we becoming an Orwellian #Animalfarm?
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If global warming is allowed to continue unchecked, Antarctica will soon pass a "point of no return" that could reduce the continent to a barren, ice-free mass for the first time in more than 30 million years. #ActOnClimate #ClimateChange livescience.com/antarctica-i…
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On Rachel Carson's birthday, I'm sharing an insane take down of her that ran in Monsanto magazine in 1962, the same year as Silent Spring, mocking her concern about the toxicity of pesticides documentcloud.org/documents/…
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What Is the Problem with Palm Oil? - Project Greenify project-greenify.com/palm-oi… "If you’re going to buy palm oil products, make sure that it is RSPO certified." #ChooseSustainable #PalmOil and #SaveOrangutans!
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Brazil has revoked key regulations protecting its tropical mangroves, The "worst attack" carried out by the Federal Government on the environment. Mangroves are some of the world's most effective carbon sinks, absorbing more CO2 per area than rainforests edition.cnn.com/2020/09/29/a…
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Two in five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world. Please pause, and let this sink in for a moment... theguardian.com/environment/…
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Supporting sustainable palm oil: a crucial role for Indonesian districts - Blog | EU REDD Facility euredd.efi.int/blog/-/blogs/…
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The planet is hotter now than it has been for at least 12,000 years! Let's step back and acknowledge what this means... all the decisions we've made as a species, where to build cities, what crops to plant have been made during a different climate. theguardian.com/p/g8gpe/stw
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“This is the first time in human history our planet’s atmosphere has had more than 417ppm CO₂." “Not just in recorded history, not just since the invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago." "Since before modern humans existed millions of years ago." independent.co.uk/climate-ch…
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“When leaders fail to lead, the people will lead and make them follow” - Kofi Annan
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If global warming is allowed to continue unchecked, Antarctica will soon pass a "point of no return" that could reduce the continent to a barren, ice-free mass for the first time in more than 30 million years. #ActOnClimate #ClimateChange livescience.com/antarctica-i…
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“We breached the global [annual] threshold of 400ppm in 2015 and, just four years later, we have crossed 410ppm. Such a rate of increase has never been seen in the history of our records." #KeepItInTheGround #ActOnClimate #ClimateChange theguardian.com/environment/…
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