Koni Benson News Today

This was part of a Global Day of Action for Palestine

There’s enough water - the problem is allocation, says protester

Understanding the past, through the portal of history, is a life skill that is vital to the practice of democracy. Avoiding history undermines accountability and facilitates impunity. It denies us the opportunity to properly understand, and alter, the crises we face in the present.

​​​​​​A study of Cape Town’s water consumption has found that rich households use drinking water for swimming pools

Adam Hochschild’s public histories reveal to today’s activists – who often face danger and despair, sometimes loss of hope – that they are part of a proud, brave, imaginative tribe whose ancestry and pedigree go back hundreds of years. It is a tribe that, even in the worst circumstances, will n...

Wealthy households use more than half the city’s water, say authors of article published in leading scientific journal

Wealthy households make up less than 14% of Cape Town’s population, but use more than half its domestic water, making their consumption a greater threat to sustainable water use than either climate change or population growth.

Chasing quality, not clicks

The Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education is hosting a talk on the rise of Operation Dudula; climate justice activists are gathering across Africa to demand that the African Development Bank commit to a just transition to 100% renewable energy; and Plaas is hosting a webinar on changing cust...

He revealed he had cancer after the FRIENDS reunion special earlier this year. https://ihr.fm/3jxlILu