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      South African Parliament Votes to Downgrade Embassy Over Israeli Crimes in Palestine

      "As South Africans, we refuse to stand by while apartheid is being perpetrated again," the resolution's author asserted.

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 08, 2023

      South African lawmakers voted Tuesday to downgrade the country's embassy in Israel in response to its apartheid, illegal occupation, and other crimes against Palestinians—a move welcomed by human rights advocates around the world.

      The resolution to downgrade the status of South Africa's embassy in Ramat Gan, just east of Tel Aviv, to a liaison office was introduced by the center-left National Freedom Party (NFP), which hailed the measure's passage as "a historic moment for our country and a demonstration of our unwavering commitment to justice, human rights, and freedom."

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      Ubuntu or Collective Suicide

      We can't stop tolerating hate until we realign ourselves with what it means to be alive, for which South Africans have a term: ubuntu: "I am because you are."

      Robert C. Koehler
      Nov 24, 2022

      I stroke the killer's hatred and certainty, knowing the answer we all ache for--why?--will not be forthcoming.

      Yes, there was another mass shooting the other day, at Club Q in Colorado Springs. A young man clothed in body armor entered the nightclub carrying an assault rifle and started shooting as a drag queen danced. In maybe two minutes he killed five people and wounded, according to some accounts, 18. Then a patron risked his life, tackled the shooter, held him immobile till police arrived.

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      Extinction Rebellion Cape Town Africa Energy Week 2022

      Activists Say Fossil Fuel Interests Have Declared 'War on Africa's Sustainable Future'

      "We reject the fossil fuel industry's drive to expand in Africa when African people are suffering from the climate impacts of the industry," said one campaigner at a protest outside the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town.

      Brett Wilkins
      Oct 18, 2022

      As the fossil fuel industry gathered in Cape Town for Tuesday's start of Africa Energy Week, African climate campaigners took to the streets and social media to reject a ploy to use the continent's development and energy crises as a pretext for accelerating oil and gas extraction.

      "The push for investment in fossil fuels is likely to perpetuate the triple injustices of energy, social, and environmental crises."

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