Colloquium on Violence Against Women and Children in South Africa
Delegates from the violence against women and children (VAWC) sector(s), development agencies and parastatals congregated at an OSF-SA Colloquium held in Johannesburg
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04, 2020
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03, 2019
SAN’s Growth and Innovation of Social Audits in South Africa
Amazing video update by the Social Audit Network on how social audits have grown in size in Ekurhuleni, been implemented in Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape, and how they’ve been applied to infrastructure and mining.
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02, 2019
‘In Good Company?’ 3rd Edition
The third edition of our publication ‘In Good Company?’ focuses on understanding the current benefit-sharing system in South Africa’s mining industry and navigates opportunities for equitable sharing of revenues with affected communities.
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02, 2019
ActionAid South Africa Baseline Social Audit Report
This report results from a project undertaken by ActionAid South Africa and the Mine Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) movement to conduct and scale-up social audit work in mine-affected communities, using this tool to hold both the state and private sector to account.
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01, 2019
OSF-SA Special Call for Proposals: “A comparative analysis of Anglo Gold Ashanti’s human rights record in Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa”
Investigating and documenting the human rights record of Anglo Gold Ashanti in Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa with a view to understand entry points for civil society to initiate advocacy interventions and demand cross-border accountability for any violations at regional and continental levels.
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10, 2018
Oxpeckers and Mark Olalde’s “Coal mines leave a legacy of ruin”
Oxpeckers has published Mark Olalde’s 19-month data investigation exposing the lack of mine closures in South Africa.
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09, 2018
Regularising informal artisanal mining in South Africa
Mining MX reported on the recent awarding of mining licenses in Kimberley to thousands of ‘zama-zamas’ (artisanal and illegal miners), after several years of deadlock. This shift in public debate regarding artisanal mining in South Africa links to a project we initiated with our grantees, ActionAid South Africa and the Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry (CSMI) at Wits University.
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07, 2018
OSF-SA Grantees Feature: Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans 2018
The Mail & Guardian recently published their annual ‘200 Young South Africans’ list. The Open Society Foundation for South Africa is proud to announce that 12 of our grantees have team members featured on 2018’s list of changemakers.
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05, 2018
Press Statement: SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS
OSF-SA does not tolerate any form of harassment or sexual misconduct, and we expect the organisations we support to hold themselves to the same standard.
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04, 2018
“Why giving South Africa’s chiefs more power adds to land dispossession” – Sonwabile Mnwana
Traditional authorities in South Africa are facing growing resistance from communities who are challenging the practice that gives them power to make decisions over communal land without consulting community members.