Newzroom Afrika: Law firm takes step towards empowering rural communities
Environmental rights law firm All Rise has developed an impact assessment guide in isiZulu to assist rural communities understand and participate in impact assessments in a language they understand. Janice Tooley elaborates.
LOOKING BACK ON 2023
Good News! EIA Guide Launched in isiZulu The isiZulu EIA Guide has been launched! We are so proud of this extremely valuable tool for EIA practitioners and isiZulu speakers developed in collaboration with IAIAsa. It took two years to create, and we are sure it will be received with enthusiasm and used frequently in EIA processes. We thank all […]
All Rise wins Mail and Guardian “Greening the Future” award.
All Rise is honoured to the receive the Mail and Guardian “Greening the Future” award in the mining category. Thank you for this recognition.
Daily Maverick: When you drive from Mfolozi to Mtubatuba, you can smell the sadness in the air
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guide in English and isiZulu
The South African affiliate of IAIA, IAIAsa, together with All Rise Attorneys for Climate and Environmental Justice recently launched a bilingual Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guide in English and isiZulu. Funding for this innovative best practice tool was provided by IAIA and OSF-SA. All too often, community members are left out of decision-making processes that […]
Daily Maverick: Oil and gas hunters target the last refuge of east Africa’s vanishing dugongs – by Tony Carnie
#Mpungose: A community-driven response to climate change
We are excited to share news of a dedicated collaboration between Inkosi Thandisizwe Mpungose, the Mpungose community of Eshowe, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, and ALL RISE, which has resulted in the creation of a significant Community Climate Change Manifesto. Workshopping a groundbreaking document In October 2022, Inkosi Thandisizwe Mpungose invited ALL RISE to facilitate the first community-based […]
Daily Maverick: Tendele Coal Mining sends in the bulldozers in rural KZN before crucial high court interdict ruling
Daily Maverick: ‘Wild horse’ coal company, Tendele, only has itself to blame for liquidation fears, say residents
