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@SKidwingira @benchmarks16 @_Africa24 #MiningAndClimateCatastrophe "children education systems need to be socially conscious and include climate change education" Susan Moramba, BMF Community Monitor Mpumalanga
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Rightsholders present to share their daily encounter with climate change caused by mining. Suzan Moraba a @benchmarks16 Community Monitor Coordinator @DiakoniaSverige @MorebieChidaush
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ARD is in solidarity with our partners today for their agm & we look forward to an engaging 2 days ahead. @Mampatsana is representing our movement & will be giving us some updates so keep following our socials! Forward Ever, Backward Never!!!
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att minnas i den europeiska #kärnkraftsdebatten
"Nuclear power is not carbon neutral! It's life cycle, especially the mining phase is carbon intensive and is toxic!" Makoma Lekalakala #JustTransition #climatejustice #bmfconference2019 nitter.gq/lydiamogano/status/118…
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@SKidwingira @benchmarks16 BenchMarks 2019 Annual General Meeting opens in Joburg under the theme Mining and the Climate Catastrophe: what is to be done. Bishop Jo Seoka Chairperson officially opening the conference
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@SKidwingira @_Africa24 @benchmarks16 the political leadership is sleeping through the climate revolution. Bishop Jo Seoka. Chair Bench Marks Foundation. Bench Marks 2019 AGM
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"Change is not only about planting food gardens but must involve massive & structural changes in business and society" Bishop Joe Seoka #BenchmarksFoundation #MiningAndClimate #climatejustice #JustTransition
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.@benchmarks16 Annual Conference, Executive Director John Capel calls #communities and #mining firms to discuss alternative forms of development to avoid climate & environmental catastrophes, and respond to inequalities, poverty and unemployment @CanHCZA #CSR – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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Day 2 Plenary @ the Thematic Social Forum on Mining & the Extractivist Economy was opened by Mercia Andrews, here is a sneak peak #TSFMining #Right2SayNo @WoMin2015 @benchmarks16 @AmandlaMedia @Land4Food
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@SvkInt är stolt partner till @benchmarks16 s tillsammans med #Xolobeni vann i högsta domstolen i #Tshwane rätten för människor att säga nej t gruvdrift på tradinell mark. @persoderbergUA @Evacekelund
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A fantastic victory in the Pretoria High Court this morning in the #Right2SayNo #Xolobeni case: Kudos to @HandsOffAmadiba @LRC_SouthAfrica @JohanLorenzen @wilmienwicomb @benchmarks16 for taking up this crucial cause, at great cost. A victory for communities everywhere! Amandla!
Judgement in Xolobeni matter. A Victory in the Pretoria High Court for Land Rights of Communities !! @JohanLorenzen @LRC_SouthAfrica
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@makeithappenzambia @mukasiri @ShamisoMtisi @jmaketo @cdemlambo @ctzibo @benchmarks16 @masukulungile1 @DChidarara The people are not anti development, they need to be listened to too. They have a voice
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@zm_makeithappen @zccinzim @ingridnaessholm @kennethmtata @benchmarks16 @WomenASMBHungwe @jmaketo Faith Institutions must be involved in speaking out against human rights abuses by business operations. 7th UN Business &Human Rights Forum
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@mukasiri @ZELA_Lawyers @nmutonhori @ZIMCODD1 @cdemlambo @macjoshy @jmaketo @ShamisoMtisi @benchmarks16 @refiaso @masukulungile1 @HMwebesa @Mura_Allan "how can affected communities be involved in drafting investment agreements? Time to drum up the Investor i want campaign cdes
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About to go on with @Eusebius and the awesome @benchmarks16 team to unpack the Xolobeni judgment.
If people want to read along, the legends at @saflii have uploaded it here —>
saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPPHC/…
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Victory this morning in the Supreme Court of Appeal restoring good governance to a land claim trust.
Hopefully a decade of mismanagement ends now.
Many thanks to Advocate Mabasa Sibanda, who knocked his SCA debut out of the park. – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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@mukasiri @PatriciaKasia @ZIMCODD1 @zccinzim @gilbert_makore @masukulungile1 @temd @benchmarks16 " sitting on top of gold and living in poverty is not living life to the fullest". I came that they may have life and life in abundance. John 10v10 Fr. Dr. Elias Opongo @feccla01
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Replying to @CentreEnvRights @groundWorkSA @Earthlife_JHB @MejconS @EnvMonGroup @TheEWT @benchmarks16 @Ruffled_feather
Throw back...Save Mapungubwe coalition(@TheEWT,@WWFSouthAfrica , @CentreEnvRights.,@WitsUniversity CALS, the vhembe people etc) no polluter shall prosper against "the coalition" Mabola Coalition I'm behind you.
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amandla.mobi/stop_standard_b… .@StandardBankZA @StandardBankArt GET OUT OF COAL - we got nearly 500 signatures in less that 24 hours demanding this! .@end_coal .@CentreEnvRights .@FoEint .@Afrikagrupperna .@urgewald .@350Africa .@global_rec .@COPAC_SA .@benchmarks16 – at Brent, London
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Despair and anger at the Soweto Snake Park, huge mining dump, poisoned by a toxic environment
Where is the hope?
Thanks to local heroes , @benchmarks16 and @KirkensNodhjelp for solidarity and advocacy. #ecojustice #creationnotforsale
bench-marks.org.za/ – at Soweto, South Africa




























