• No to Eskom’s R29 billion World Bank loan
    -south_africa-mpumalanga-middelburg-arnot_power_stationCommunities, environmental groups, academics and NGOs came together on the 16th of February 2010 to call on the World Bank to cease and desist from a proposed loan of R29 billion ($3.75 bn) to Eskom. If this loan – which may come up for a Board vote in March or April – goes through, poor South Africans will have to bear the burden of Eskom’s debt and the World Bank’s cost recovery programme, and climate change will intensify. A world campaign begins now. Please click here  for the full press release statement. To sign the petition, Click here to say NO to the dirty World Bank loan to Eskom.

Civil Society Recommendations taken up by Mining Ministers

Picture taken by marcus_haraldssonFrom 6 - 7 February 2010, Civl Society Organisations from Tanzania, Zambia and Southern Africa, including Economic Justice Network and the Norwegian Church Aid, had the opportunity to compile a document to input into the  the African Mining Partnership Meeting of African Ministers in Mining. On 7 February, 2010, the paper, on civil society's experience in mining and which proposed recommendations to redress the imbalances therein and also encouraged formulation of people centred policies was presented, by Dr Camillus Kassala on behalf of the CSO groups.

 

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Minerals should be a blessing not a curse for Africans

Alternative Mining Indaba Press Release

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Our Organisation

Our vision is to harness the resources of the southern African region for all of its people, with a view to bringing about economic justice through the transforming agency of Christians compelled by the gospel of Jesus Christ.  

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The Economic Justice Network is a project of FOCCISA, representing 11 National Christian Councils: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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