The Durban South Community Advice Centre (DSCAC), in partnership with Africa Climate Foundation and supported by ACT Ubumbano, undertook a baseline Knowledge Assessment survey in six communities in the South Durban Basin to find out what they feel and think about the Just Energy Transition (JET).
The Durban South Community Advice Centre (DSCAC), in partnership with Africa Climate Foundation and supported by ACT Ubumbano, undertook a baseline Knowledge Assessment survey in six communities in the South Durban Basin to find out what they feel and think about the Just Energy Transition (JET). The outcome is the SDB JET Baseline Assessment Report.
These communities are affected by air polluting, coal-fuelled industries, and this research is a step to ensuring greater community voice in processes aimed at moving to sustainable and renewable energy.
Aidsfonds is pleased to pre-announce the launch for the first Call for Proposals (mid-November) as part of The EmpowHER Fund. Girls and young women in Southern Africa continue to face the highest burden of HIV, accounting for nearly 63% of new infections in the region. Adolescent girls and young women (ages 15–24) are particularly vulnerable, with infection rates three times higher than their male peers. This heightened risk is shaped not only by gender but also by intersecting factors such as income inequality, stigma, criminalisation, and social norms, which further limit access to HIV prevention and healthcare.
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The Durban South Community Advice Centre (DSCAC), in partnership with Africa Climate Foundation and supported by ACT Ubumbano, undertook a baseline Knowledge Assessment survey in six communities in the South Durban Basin to find out what they feel and think about the Just Energy Transition (JET).
The Durban South Community Advice Centre (DSCAC), in partnership with Africa Climate Foundation and supported by ACT Ubumbano, undertook a baseline Knowledge Assessment survey in six communities in the South Durban Basin to find out what they feel and think about the Just Energy Transition (JET).
The Durban South Community Advice Centre (DSCAC), in partnership with Africa Climate Foundation and supported by ACT Ubumbano, undertook a baseline Knowledge Assessment survey in six communities in the South Durban Basin to find out what they feel and think about the Just Energy Transition (JET).
In October, Thabo and Rifqah represented ACT Ubumbano in a five-day exchange in Johannesburg that brought together Brot fur die Welt and their African partners who are leading in implementing the Small Project Fund (SPF) in various countries on the continent.
Rifqah represented ACT Ubumbano at the annual Bench Marks Foundation Conference at the end of September, joining mining-affected communities, civil society organizations, and activists from across Southern Africa in critical conversations about justice in mining.
The Durban South Community Advice Centre (DSCAC), in partnership with Africa Climate Foundation and supported by ACT Ubumbano, undertook a baseline Knowledge Assessment survey in six communities in the South Durban Basin to find out what they feel and think about the Just Energy Transition (JET).
