The Environment and Conservation Association said in a statement on Tuesday that it was estimated that in five years, almost 80% of the country's fresh water resources would be so badly polluted that no process of purification available in the country would be able to clean it sufficiently to make it fit for human...
South Africa’s democracy is at risk — a draconian and unconstitutional new secrecy Bill is in Parliament and a Media Tribunal could be endorsed by the ANC Council this week, muzzling the media and letting the security agencies operate without accountability. The secrecy measures in the “Protection of Information Bill” and the proposed “Media...
I started playing guitar again, and by playing I mean learning something new, not just repeating the same tired old couple of riffs. Feels good and I’m looking forward to learning the whole of “Stairway to Heaven”, possibly the ultimate guitar song of all time. That leaves 4 songs to go…. In other news,...
I’ve sent this mail to many of my friends and family, herewith some feedback: The petition was successful!!! Quoted directly from the mail I got this morning: Dear friends, We did it! The proposal to legalise whale killing went down in flames in Morocco — and our campaign helped to tip the balance. In...
From Activist.co.za: Success! Woolworths commits to switching over to free range eggs and apologises for “unintentionally” misleading customers. The First 60 products were promised by April 2010 – now we follow up FREE RANGE EGG UPDATE FROM WOOLIES In an e-mail to Wendy Hardie on 19th April, 2010, Julian Novak apologised for the delay...
From TimesLive: “Seed giant Monsanto has applied to the South African authorities for permission to import Smartstax maize, which objectors call “one of the most controversial and risky genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ever produced for commercial use”.” … “The ACB recently published a report featuring Smartstax entitled ‘The stacked gene revolution: A biosafety nightmare’....
Read the letter from journalists, and the ANCYL’s amazingly mature response My favourite bit: “The ANC Youth League will never retreat from its programme to expose the possible corruption and tax fraud of any person in South Africa and will do everything in its power to expose Millionaire Journalists who do not pay tax...
via Activist.co.za and UrbanSprout.co.za: Battery eggs are produced by hens who live in cramped, caged conditions with a space allowance each of 75% of an A4 sheet of paper. Their beaks are always seared off and they do not have access to sunlight or the ability to exercise any of their basic behavioural needs...
While all this is hot in the news, let me add this letter I got from a friend. For the record: I think the single biggest change we need is the right to sell electricity generated by the public back to the grid. (via email from Pottie) “Eskom is able to raise our electricity...
The number of 'procedures' on laboratory animals rose by 14 per cent in 2008. It is the seventh year in a row that the figure has gone up and follows pledges from scientists and the Government that they want to reduce animal suffering. "'It has repeatedly been shown how irrelevant to human patients animal...
