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'These pesticides are a silent killer.'
After six years of working in a vineyard just outside Cape Town, farmworker Diana Ndleleni collapsed between the grapevines grown to make wines renowned throughout the world.
Farmworkers in Paarl, South Africa demand the end to the importation and use of agrochemicals prohibited by the European Union (EU). This protest is part of a broader global trend of outcry against systemic issues of environmental racism that disproportionately burden communities with environmental and health risks.
Portugal hit by 24-hour national strike over pay and conditions in meat industry; national one-day surprise strike over pay and conditions by court clerks in France organised outside unions; Nigerian primary school teachers in Abuja begin indefinite strike over pay arrears, while police shoot at University of Lagos students protesting increase in fees