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ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: Opportunities Spring From e-Waste
- Inter Press Service
There was an audible gasp when Kirsten McIntyre told the audience that e-waste is the third fastest growing waste stream in the world, with between 40 and 50 million tons of computers, TVs and washing machines being 'thrown away' each year.
US-ZIMBABWE: Yearlong Sanctions Bring Few Reforms
- Inter Press Service
More than a year after the signing of an agreement to bring democracy to Zimbabwe, the United States continues to maintain sanctions against the southern African nation.
Q&A: Desertification and Climate Change Go Hand in Hand
- Inter Press Service
'The entire social fabric of an area is compromised when soils are depleted,' says Italian expert Massimo Candelori, whose fight against desertification is increasingly linked to global efforts to combat climate change.
INDIA: Women Beat the Odds to Leave a Mark as Village Leaders
- Inter Press Service
When Kusum Lata, 40, decided to run for election in her village, she felt frightened. 'I was extremely nervous as everything was new to me,' says the mother of four. But the support of her family and friends inspired her.
BRAZIL: Agribusiness Driving Land Concentration
- Inter Press Service
The growth of agribusiness in Brazil, with its vast monocultures of soybean or sugarcane, is responsible for the expansion of large estates belonging to fewer and fewer landowners, according to small farmers' organisations and agricultural experts.
MIGRATION: Remittances Also Drive Political Change
- Inter Press Service
The world's 200 million international migrants have traditionally been viewed in terms of dollars and cents: how much hard currency have they remitted to their home countries?
COLOMBIA: Talking About Peace in the Middle of War
- Inter Press Service
Organisations representing sectors of the Colombian population that have suffered from four decades of armed conflict, like indigenous and black communities, shared their experiences over the weekend in the 'World Peace Summit', which also drew prominent international experts on Latin America.
South Africa: We Have Land Rights but No Water Rights - Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Thandi Sihadi stands next to a dry tap. As a maize and dairy farmer in one of South Africa’s driest districts, the lack of running water is nothing new to her.
ROMANIA: Government Collapse Deepens Economic Woes
- Inter Press Service
Romania is heading for a week of massive protests by state employees. With the governing coalition collapsing last Friday, the new minority government will have a hard time navigating between the demands of the protesters and the austerity measures demanded by its international creditors.
S. AFRICA: New Regulations 'Good and Bad' for Black Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
The first decade of South Africa’s black economic empowerment (BEE) policies saw the creation of a predictable list of politically connected beneficiaries, featuring names such as Patrice Motsepe, Cyril Ramaphosa and Tokyo Sexwale. Now new regulations may see other companies — including white-owned business — enter the BEE stage.
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